At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As AI becomes an increasingly important part of how people work, organizations need trusted ways to discover, manage, and govern AI-powered experiences at scale.
The Agent Registry & Governance team builds and owns the foundational platform and administration experiences that enable organizations to discover, manage, and govern agents across Agent 365. The platform serves as the governed source of truth for agents and their associated artifacts, including tools, skills, and MCP servers, enabling lifecycle management, auditability, governance, analytics, and platform extensibility at scale. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team!
Our platform capabilities include APIs for agent registration, inventory, lifecycle management, and governance, as well as a governance rules engine and semantic registry capabilities. We provide administrators with the controls, insights, and governance capabilities they need to manage agents and their associated artifacts securely and responsibly at scale.
This is an opportunity to build highly scalable cloud services, APIs, and administration experiences that form the foundation for agent management and governance across Agent 365. You will help shape platform capabilities that support the growth of the Agent 365 ecosystem while partnering across teams to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable solutions for AI-powered experiences.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable services and APIs that power the Agent Registry and governance experiences across Agent 365.
- Drive the design and implementation of capabilities for agent registration, inventory, lifecycle management, governance, and administration.
- Lead end-to-end delivery of platform features and services, from technical design through implementation, deployment, and live-site operations.
- Build reliable, secure, and extensible platform components that support first-party and third-party integrations.
- Design and implement governance capabilities such as policy evaluation, auditability, metadata management, lifecycle controls, and enforcement workflows.
- Improve the scalability, reliability, performance, security, and observability of production services.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, architects, and partner engineering teams to translate customer and platform requirements into robust, well-designed solutions.
- Contribute to technical design reviews, architecture discussions, and engineering best practices, and mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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.
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.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building scalable services, APIs, distributed systems, or cloud applications.
- Experience designing, developing, and operating production software and services.
- Experience driving technical design and delivering end-to-end solutions across multiple services or components.
- Experience with software engineering fundamentals, including coding, debugging, testing, performance optimization, and code quality.
- Experience with cloud platforms, distributed systems, data platforms, search technologies, or large-scale backend services.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines and influence technical decisions across teams.
- Passion for building reliable, scalable platforms that enable customers and partners to succeed.
- Experience developing cloud services and applications using C# and .NET.
- Experience with Azure, React, and modern web application development.
- Experience building scalable APIs, distributed systems, or large-scale backend services.
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building scalable services, APIs, distributed systems, or cloud applications.
- Experience designing, developing, and operating production software and services.
- Experience driving technical design and delivering end-to-end solutions across multiple services or components.
- Experience with software engineering fundamentals, including coding, debugging, testing, performance optimization, and code quality.
- Experience with cloud platforms, distributed systems, data platforms, search technologies, or large-scale backend services.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines and influence technical decisions across teams.
- Experience developing cloud services and applications using C# and .NET.
- Experience with Azure, React, and modern web application development.
- Experience building scalable APIs, distributed systems, or large-scale backend services.
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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