Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years required; preferred alternatives: 8+ years with a master's degree, or 12+ years with a bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience. Preferred: 3+ years of professional generative AI experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and operate the Agent Connectivity Platform, enabling AI agents to securely connect with enterprise and third-party systems.
What you'll do
- Set architecture and technical direction for scalable, secure platform services.
- Build and operate connectors, connection management, authentication, authorization, and agent access services end to end.
- Define agent-system evaluation strategy and benchmarks; improve platform reliability, security, and operations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in a listed language, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet required Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Master's degree and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor's degree and 12+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with identity/access technologies, agent-facing tools or MCP, multi-tenant enterprise services, or 3+ years using generative AI professionally.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, OAuth 2.0, Microsoft Entra ID
AI focus
Build connectivity services for AI agents; apply AI tools to software development and operations; define evaluation strategy, benchmarks, and quality measurement for agentic systems.
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