Software Engineer - Office Copilot

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

4d

About The Position

Overview
Are you interested in shaping the future of Microsoft Office Copilot experiences. Would you like to influence Copilot personalization and drive innovation, growth, and engagement for Word, Excel and PowerPoint Copilot users?
The Office Copilot Front Doors team is looking for a Software Engineer II with proven technical leadership to advance Office Copilot solutions and deliver next gen value for users across our commercial and consumer segments. You will use your creativity, engage in success across teams and partnerships, and leverage your skills and experience to deliver the future of Copilot and AI for Office users. In this role, you will leverage your full-stack development experience and influence design and develop and deliver services and features at scale.
The CFD team mission is to deliver world-class, personalized Copilot solutions that delight Microsoft Office users with the power of AI, leading to growth, customer satisfaction, and healthy engagement.
Join our team and use and develop AI tools and processes. You will have an opportunity to grow technical depth, deliver best-of-breed customer experiences, and collaborate with many great people across Office and Microsoft. We are looking for results-oriented candidates with strong engineering and technical ability, persistent growth and learning mindset, and proven leadership and communication skills.
If you desire to work with a highly collaborative team that has a passion for people, innovation, and customers, we want 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level