Principal Software Engineer
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OverviewAre you interested in building the next generation of AI-powered automation experiences? The Agent Flows team, part of the Intelligent Automations organization at Microsoft, is leading the way in delivering AI-first Cloud Automation capabilities in Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform. Our technology powers productivity and business process workflow automation for millions of customers, with billions of automations running every day across the globe. You'll join a team that thrives on pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, blending state-of-the-art engineering with cutting-edge applied science to redefine automation at scale. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer in Intelligent Automations. As a Principal Software Engineer providing technical leadership on our platform team, you will architect, build, and guide the delivery of innovative automation services that empower both makers and enterprises. You'll lead initiatives spanning platform engineering and advanced AI development, applying your deep technical expertise to solve complex, large-scale challenges and define the strategic direction of our agentic automation platforms. This role offers the opportunity to shape high-impact products relied upon by millions, drive technical excellence across the team, and further develop your leadership in cloud-scale engineering and applied AI. Microsoft's 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.
ResponsibilitiesPartners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios. Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. Leads efforts for creation and conducting of experimentation to determine the effectiveness of changes, monitors developments for prototyping and testing products, interprets results, and decides on next steps or ship decision from results. Drives identification of the correct metrics for experimentation in determining improving customer value. Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products. Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., program managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items. Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions. Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers. |