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Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Redmond, WA$142.8k - $274.8kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Lead architecture and development of the next-generation agent runtime platform and features for AI agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot, focusing on long-running tasks, extensibility at scale, multi-agent collaboration, and integrated Responsible AI practices across the SDLC.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the team that architects and evolves the core runtime infrastructure to support systems for agentic memory and conversation storage and the agent runtime platform components for M365 Copilot Chat.
  • Drive AI-native engineering: Champion responsible use of AI across the SDLC, improve team productivity with AI tools, and ensure accountability for AI-generated artifacts.
  • Raise engineering quality and reliability: Lead code reviews, debugging, incident retrospectives, telemetry practices, and continuous improvements in code quality, testability, security, and maintainability.
  • Own architecture and cross-team design: Guide complex system design, evaluate technology choices, manage dependencies, and ensure solutions meet scalability, reliability, performance, cost, and compliance requirements.
  • Lead delivery, live-site health, and people growth: Drive project execution, safe deployments, observability, incident response, customer-focused decision making, and team success through coaching, empowerment, and accountability.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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