MTS, Copilot Prompt Engineer

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

78d • $119,800 - $234,700

About The Position

Hello future teammate! We're on quite the bold mission; we're building an AI companion that's truly empathetic, kind, and equal partners to our users. This isn't an assistant—it's thoughtful collaborator that grows alongside the people they serve. We believe AI should elevate human potential through genuine connection and mutual understanding. You'll join our small and nimble team as a Prompt Engineer, the architect of these relationships. You'll craft the foundations that enable meaningful human-AI partnerships. You'll shape how our companions think, respond, and evolve through language—if you'll allow slight anthropomorphizing, teach them how to be their best selves. You're somewhat of a designer, somewhat of an engineer, and somewhat of a mad scientist. You'll work intimately with the design and leadership team—because this is the product!—you're designing the core of the experience. This isn't just engineering—it's a profound exploration of what connection can mean in the age of artificial intelligence. No big deal. Just another Tuesday.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Philosophy, Linguistics, Psychology, Literature, or related discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience with large language models.

Nice To Haves

• An understanding of conversation design or product design.
• Familiarity with both quantitative metrics and qualitative assessment methods.
• Experience with personalization systems that adapt to individual user needs.
• Adversarial prompting experience or conducted some unhinged experiments.

Responsibilities

• Design & develop prompting techniques for emotional and intellectual use cases
• Establish frameworks for AI companions to navigate complex social and ethical situations with nuance and care
• Create evaluations to measure both technical/practical performance and non-deterministic performance like EQ
• Teach others prompting techniques and ways-of-working to elevate the prompting skill throughout the team
• Research & implement novel prompting techniques
• Embody our culture and values.

Benefits

• Base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year.
• Different pay range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees