Principal Software Engineer

Have you ever wondered how Copilot Studio uses Generative AI to formulate answers, leveraging the data that the customer has configured? Are you interested in helping make Copilot more powerful, more accurate and faster? The Copilot Studio Knowledge team is looking for a principal engineer that can help us do exactly that.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. In this role you will be helping to build features that empower front line workers to do their best work efficiently.

As Principal Software Engineer on Copilot Studio Knowledge, you will be working on a product on the bleeding edge that is adopting the latest technologies, methodologies, and processes. Your role will be to help the team define the right investments to make, build the features with high quality, maintainable solutions, and mentor the teams of engineers to accelerate their career paths, and deliver on the features we have promised customers on time. You will be able to see how customers are using our Copilot Studio and help them diagnose and resolve problems with the Copilots they have built.

As Microsoft employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. We are looking for someone that will fit well into this culture.

Responsibilities include:

• Expand the reach of Copilot Studio by building new features, improving quality, performance and scalability as the service grows, resolving issues that block customer flows.
• Demonstrate technical leadership by identifying and filling improvements that can be made, defining architecture, and generating high-quality code.
• Leverage the latest AI tools to drive speed, agility, and quality with the team.
• Engage with customers and help solve problems that they may have with the application and help drive improvements into the product based on feedback.
• Thoughtful estimations with clear reasoning on how the estimates were determined.
• Contribute to a team culture that embraces diversity and inclusion and makes your team an awesome place to work.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience leveraging AI tools to build high-quality code.
• 1+ years of experience building enterprise grade web services and maintaining them.
• 1+ years of experience integrating complex software systems and cloud components.

Preferred Qualifications: