Microsoft · 3 hours ago
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join their Microsoft 365 Growth + Incubation engineering team. In this role, you will work closely with customers and partners to design secure and scalable Copilot solutions, applying your engineering and architectural judgment to unblock technical challenges and ensure effective adoption.
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Responsibilities
Lead solution architecture for agent-based Copilot solutions from discovery through deployment readiness, ensuring designs are secure, scalable, and fit for real-world adoption
Develop and contribute to reference architectures, extensibility frameworks, and reusable design templates that can be applied across customers and partners
Work side by side with customer and partner developers during sprints, build cycles, and design reviews to unblock technical challenges and accelerate progress
Write, review and validate code, including performance considerations, reliability, and deployment readiness, to de-risk architectural decisions
Lead structured validation and user acceptance activities, synthesizing technical findings and providing prioritized signals back to Microsoft teams
Identify integration gaps and architectural risks, guiding solution design toward secure, maintainable, and scalable patterns
Coach and mentor customer and partner architects and delivery engineers, helping build long-term technical capability and confidence
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
OR equivalent experience
Preferred
Demonstrated ability to independently design and reason about complex, distributed, enterprise-grade systems, including integrations across cloud, data, and application layers
Solid hands-on engineering experience, with the ability to write, review, and reason about code to validate architectural decisions and unblock complex technical problems
Demonstrated ability to lead architectural decision-making, translating customer business requirements into secure, scalable technical architectures
Experience leading technical engagements with customers or partners, operating with a high degree of autonomy in ambiguous problem spaces
Proven ability to lead technical discussions with senior technical and business stakeholders, influencing outcomes through technical judgment and evidence
Company
Microsoft
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