Senior Software Engineer

Overview The M365 Copilot BizChat Extensibility team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us improve experimentation agility within the Researcher Agent and Researcher Agent vNext projects. The work will be in support of ongoing investments across user experience, quality and reliability, as well as the effort to evolve Researcher towards a system that combines long-range planning and robust context engineering to execute real-world, multi-step complex tasks. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment, and data-driven, iteration speed, scale, and engineering culture. You will be presented with opportunities to have great impact, have access to the latest SOTA models, and collaborate closely with teams across the company, including Microsoft Research, Azure, and MAI. Microsoftu2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As 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. Responsibilities + Defining, implementing and managing experimentation and evaluation platform investments from inception to adoption. Includes collaborating with applied scientist sand researchers on creating the requisite metrics, ML pipelines, algorithms, and datasets. + Owning problems end-to-end and being willing to pick up whatever knowledge youu2019re missing to get the job done. + Building tools to accelerate your own (and your teammatesu2019) workflows, but only when off-the-shelf solutions wonu2019t do. + Contributing to the growth and development of the team's engineers and applied scientists. + Supporting and developing a thriving engineering culture within MSAI to encourage agility, innovation and AI-forward software engineering. Qualifications Required Qualifications: + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Preferred qualifications: + Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + 3+ years of experience building and maintaining production systems at Internet scale. + Proven ability to work end-to-end in software projects, including collecting feedback and requirements, collaborating with stakeholders, contributing to technical designs, and iterating on the resulting systems over time. + LLM prompting experience. Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations. (

Created: 2026-03-16