Software Engineer II - Office Copilot Front Door Services

Overview

Are you interested in building and evolving Microsoft Office Copilot experiences used by millions of people every day? Do you enjoy working on user-facing features, distributed systems, and AI-powered experiences where engineering quality and iteration really matter?

The Office Copilot Front Doors team is looking for a Software Engineer II who is excited to grow their technical depth while owning meaningful parts of Copilot experiences across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. In this role, you will design, build, and ship features end-to-end, working closely with partner teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and user-focused solutions.

Our team focuses on delivering high-quality, personalized Copilot entry points that help users get value quickly and consistently. You'll work across the stack, contribute to system design, and use data and experimentation to guide decisions and improvements over time.

This role is a great fit for an engineer who enjoys learning, takes pride in clean and maintainable code, and wants to grow scope and ownership with the support of a collaborative team. You'll have opportunities to deepen your engineering skills, learn how large-scale products are built and operated, and work alongside experienced engineers and partners across Microsoft.

If you're excited to build customer-facing experiences, work on real production systems, and grow as an engineer in a supportive environment, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

Responsibilities

• Drive design, development, testing, and release of services and e2e solutions that enhance user experiences and achieve key business objectives.
• Work well with others, including engineers, program managers, designers, and partner teams.
• Evolve development guidelines, engineering practices & processes for Office e2e client to services development & delivery.
• Design resilient, scalable, and easily maintainable software.
• Lead with an experimental, data driven approach with a focus on driving business outcomes.
• Contribute to an amazing team and inclusive culture with an emphasis on respect, integrity, and accountability for outcomes.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with AI technologies and building services at scale.
• Experience building applications, libraries, SDKs, and other development platform components.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience 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 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Proven ability to use AI tooling to reduce cycle time and boost throughput while maintaining Microsoft's standards for privacy, security, and compliance.
• Experience with LLMs, Copilot Platform, skills development, advanced prompt engineering, and evaluation methodologies is a plus.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and understand key business needs in line with competing priorities and apply the right technology and implementation to the solution.
• Experience working with AI technologies and infrastructure, with emphasis on scalability, reliability, and performance in production environments.
• Analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills with a solid understanding of object-oriented design, coding patterns, testing practices and solutions for large scale technical problems.
• Demonstrated growth mindset to learn new things and quickly get up-to-speed and be productive on new technical domains and are comfortable in dealing with ambiguity.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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…