Microsoft

Software Engineer II

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13 hours ago
Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$102k - $219k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, ship, support, and own the quality of production-grade features across the agentic stack.
  • Build Microsoft Copilot Studio runtime capabilities for orchestration, planning, grounding, memory, knowledge sources, connectors, tool invocation, and control-plane services.
  • Develop low-latency real-time voice agents with speech-to-speech interaction, barge-in, interruption handling, and human handoff.
  • Build scalable and resilient backend services with high-throughput REST and gRPC APIs.
  • Participate in the full service lifecycle, including infrastructure, on-call support, SLA-driven reliability, and code and design reviews.
  • Collaborate with AI/ML, product management, design, partners, and customers while embedding responsible AI principles such as fairness, safety, privacy, grounding, and reliability.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience coding in one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree with 3+ years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with cloud technologies, preferably Azure, and delivering features end to end in a production cloud service.
  • Hands-on experience with agent frameworks, LLM orchestration, RAG, tool or function calling, and prompt or grounding strategies.
  • Experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio architecture, conversational platforms, agent runtimes, real-time voice or speech systems, CRM platforms, contact center systems, or customer data models.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Benefits

  • Typical U.S. base pay range is USD $102,100–$202,200 per year; a separate San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area range is USD $133,800–$219,200 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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