Microsoft
Software Engineer II, Foundry Agents - CoreAI
$102K–$261K
Redmond, WA +2 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Mountain View, CA
New York, NY - Experience
- 2+ years of technical engineering experience; preferred: 1+ years of backend service development.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and maintain cloud-native systems supporting the deployment, execution, fine-tuning workflows, and observability of AI agents at enterprise scale.
What you'll do
- Implement and maintain services for agent deployment, execution, and observability.
- Contribute to distributed systems and cloud services that run agents at scale; improve engineering and research tools and workflows.
- Debug issues, participate in design discussions, write reliable code, and collaborate with partner teams to deliver production features.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Expertise in distributed systems, AI/ML infrastructure, developer platforms, or cloud services.
- 1+ years of backend service development; proficiency with AI-assisted software development tools and workflows.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base pay); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base pay); USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base pay); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base pay)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python
AI focus
Build infrastructure for AI agents, including agent deployment and execution, fine-tuning workflows, observability, evaluation, and optimization.
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