Microsoft · 1 day ago
Senior Software Engineer - Copilot CLI
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering individuals and organizations. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build a world-class coding agent CLI, focusing on product quality and the software development lifecycle.
Application Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentData ManagementDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Take ownership of critical product and platform areas of the Copilot CLI and shared agent runtime
Set a high technical and quality bar for agentic systems and developer-facing tooling
Design and ship performant, reliable terminal experiences that developers depend on for daily work
Use data, benchmarks, and direct user feedback to guide iteration and investment
Collaborate across org boundaries to enable other teams to build agentic products on top of a shared foundation
Influence architecture, technical direction, and engineering standards beyond your immediate team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Hands-on experience building and operating generative AI or agentic systems in production, with direct ownership over quality, reliability, and iteration
5+ years of experience building and shipping customer-facing developer products, with depth across platform/foundation systems and user-facing experiences
Strong product mindset with a track record of owning ambiguous problem spaces and driving them to high-quality outcomes
Solid engineering fundamentals, including systems design, performance, and debugging in complex production environments
Experience designing, running, and optimizing evaluations for agentic systems, including tools, prompts, and agent loops
Experience building terminal user interfaces (TUIs) or working with low-level terminal primitives is a strong plus
Experience contributing to or leading open-source projects at scale is a plus
Company
Microsoft
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