$165,600–$296,400 Per Year
Adoption, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Background Investigation, C Programming Language, C++ Programming Language, Cloud Computing, Coaching, Competitive Analysis/Strategy, Computer Science, Customer Acquisition, Distributed Computing, Engineering, Engineering Management, High Reliability, Java, JavaScript, Large-Scale Systems, Marketing/Promotional Messaging, Mentoring, Microsoft C# (C Sharp), Microsoft Product Family, Mind Share, Open Source, Power Generation, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Root Cause Analysis, Service Level Agreement (SLA), Software Engineering, Team Player
Overview
Overview
Core AI is at the forefront of Microsoft's mission to redefine how software is built and experienced. We are responsible for building the foundational platforms, services, programming models, and developer experiences that power the next generation of applications using Generative AI. Our work enables developers and enterprises to harness the full potential of AI to create intelligent, adaptive, and transformative software.
The Principal Engineering Manager in this role leads AI Foundry Agents Platform in the Core AI organization that enables developers to build complex agents using this framework and seamlessly deploy those agents to production at enterprise scale with Foundry. This framework is critical to the success of Core AI organization as it becomes a vehicle for gaining mind share with the developer and open-source community on how to build complex agents with multi-agent orchestration, pre-built and custom tools and seamless hooks to deploy those agents to production. The framework also becomes a major source for driving customer adoption to Foundry services. T
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we're dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.
Responsibilities
- Lead and Develop the Team - Manage and coach engineers across levels, foster collaboration and inclusion, and drive career growth through mentoring and feedback.
- Drive Strategic Clarity: Leverage data-driven insights and competitive intelligence to inform product direction, identify opportunities, and guide decision-making.
- Foster Engineering Alignment: Work with the engineering teams and partner organizations by driving clarity, alignment, and shared ownership of technical direction.
- Deliver Cohesive End-to-End Experiences: Collaborate closely with partner teams-including experience, SDK, and platform groups-to ensure seamless integration and delivery of features across the stack.
- Build Foundational Capabilities: Contribute to and lead the development of core platform components and reusable building blocks that accelerate team velocity and product innovation.
- Champion Customer-Centric Development: Engage directly with customers and product teams to capture feedback, understand demand signals, and refine product messaging-ensuring the voice of the customer shapes product evolution.
- Lead Live Site Excellence: Drive operational excellence in managing and operating large-scale distributed systems with a high bar for service-level agreements (SLAs). Lead root cause analyses (RCAs) for key live site incidents and outages, identify systemic improvements, and set high standards for reliability and performance.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements:
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 thereafter.
Software Engineering M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600.00 - $296,400.00 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $220,800.00 - $331,200.00 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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