Principal Software Engineer, Foundry Agents - CoreAI
- Location
- Redmond | United States, WA
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 28 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- distributed systems
- cloud services
- C#
- Python
- secure-by-design practices
Also useful
- responsible AI
- agent runtimes
- model fine-tuning
About the role
Across the organization, you will: Build and scale foundational services that power secure agent deployment and execution, governed tool integration, training/fine‑tuning, and observability/evaluation Design and evolve distributed runtimes and cloud services to run agents securely at enterprise scale with strong reliability, security, and compliance guarantees Improve iteration loops for researchers, engineers, and developers through better tooling, abstractions, and automation across fine‑tuning, evaluation, and optimization Debug and optimize complex interactions across models, data, hardware, and infrastructure Drive technical direction across the full software development lifecycle, influencing design tradeoffs and long‑term architecture Champion operational excellence, secure‑by‑design practices, and responsible AI at scale Collaborate closely with partner teams across CoreAI and Azure to deliver seamless, production‑ready platforms 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, Python or equivalent experience.
These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
From Microsoft's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 11, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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