The Senior Software Engineer role within Microsoft Foundry's Agents organization focuses on building and evolving large-scale, cloud-native systems for advanced agentic applications. The team is responsible for the entire lifecycle of intelligent agents, including secure deployment, fine-tuning, and observability. This position requires strong technical skills and the ability to design systems that meet high standards of performance and security. The engineer will contribute to a culture of collaboration and continuous learning while shaping the future of AI-powered software.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years of technical engineering experience with 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.

• Build and scale services that support secure agent deployment and execution.
• Design and implement distributed systems and cloud services to run agents reliably at enterprise scale.
• Improve developer and researcher workflows through better tooling, abstractions, and automation.
• Debug and optimize interactions across models, data, and infrastructure.
• Contribute to technical design and implementation across the software development lifecycle.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate closely with partner teams across CoreAI and Azure to deliver production-ready platform capabilities.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.