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Principal Software Engineer - Copilot Security
$163,000 - 296,400
Microsoft Corporation
Northeast 36th Way, Redmond
$163,000 - 296,400
Requirements
Must:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline AND at least 8 years of technical engineering experience in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, Go, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- Masters degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline AND over 10 years of technical engineering experience in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- OR a bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND a minimum of 12 years of technical engineering experience in the same programming languages.
- 8+ years in technical engineering roles creating large-scale services.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in designing and operating security-critical or AI-powered systems at scale, including agentic AI, secure orchestration, or advanced threat mitigation.
- Demonstrated capability to design, develop, and ship agentic AI features or frameworks.
- Proficient in articulating complex systems and security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, able to influence cross-organizational roadmaps.
- Experience building production agent systems with frameworks like LangGraph, Amazon Strands SDK, or similar platforms, and familiarity with agentic design patterns, including tool calling and secure delegation.
- Hands-on experience with distributed training frameworks (Ray, Slurm, HPC) and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) for ML model deployment and lifecycle management in production.
- Background in designing evaluation frameworks for LLM-based applications, including observability for agent systems using tools like Phoenix, MLFlow, LangFuse, or custom evaluations; understanding AI safety evaluation strategies including adversarial testing and red-teaming.
- Experience with integration into Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI Service, or Microsoft security solutions (Azure AD, Defender, Purview).
- Proven history of mentoring engineers, promoting the adoption of secure agentic AI standards across product teams, and influencing technical roadmaps while balancing innovation with fundamental principles.
Technologies
AI
C#
Copilot
Flow
LLM
Langfuse
Responsibilities
- Create and launch agentic AI-powered security features that safeguard users against threats like prompt injection, adversarial manipulation, and misuse of agentic workflows.
- Design and establish secure orchestration frameworks that allow Copilot to delegate, coordinate, and execute actions across various devices, services, and platforms safely.
- Invent and implement new intelligent agents that utilize information flow analysis while applying common sense and judgment for security and privacy.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, security, privacy, and AI teams to promote the usage of agentic security patterns and best practices throughout Copilot and MAI.
- Track important metrics for agentic AI security and innovation, leveraging data-driven insights to enhance defenses and capabilities.
- Align with Microsofts central security and AI roadmaps, integrating platform features into Copilot and MAI consumer situations.
- Record secure agentic AI patterns, ensuring they address new risks, support safe delegation, and enable responsible orchestration of actions.
Description
At Copilot Security, integral to Microsofts vision of delivering trustworthy and human-centered AI experiences, we embed security and resilience into every interaction across various platforms. Our focus encompasses secure identity flows, protective measures against emerging threats, and privacy-first systems designed for scalability. We are excited to welcome a Principal Software Engineer to our team, someone who will play a pivotal role in developing security features that leverage agentic AI to enhance user protection and enable innovative capabilities. This position offers a chance to make a global impact, influencing how millions experience secure, trustworthy AI as part of our commitment to empower every person and organization to achieve more. We foster a culture of inclusion and collaboration, guided by values of respect, integrity, and accountability.
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