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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation

$142,800 – $274,800/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Location
Redmond, Washington
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for the EPICS team within the Agent 365 Foundations organization. The individual-contributor role builds LLM-powered agents that translate engineering intent into tested, reviewable changes and supports orchestration, tool interfaces, CI pipelines, secure bounded execution, evaluations, and adoption across engineering teams. The engineer will also set technical direction, write and review code, simplify architecture, and mentor engineers. The role requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least six years of technical engineering experience, with equivalent experience accepted; Microsoft Cloud background checks are required. The typical U.S. base pay range is USD 142,800–274,800 per year, with higher ranges for the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.

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