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Software Engineer II - Excel Agent at Microsoft

Required Skills

pythontypescriptai/mlagentic aiexcelservice architecturetelemetrycode qualityon-call

About the Role

As a Software Engineer II on the Excel Agent team, you'll design and build AI-powered features that integrate cutting-edge agentic AI with Excel's core functionality. You'll work across client and service layers to deliver reliable, scalable AI solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and optimize AI-powered features and agentic workflows using evaluation, telemetry, and guardrails
  • Work closely with product, design, and applied science partners to deliver innovative AI solutions
  • Act as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) on-call to monitor feature health and drive incident mitigations
  • Break down larger work into well-scoped tasks and deliver tested, maintainable code across client and service components
  • Contribute to code quality, reliability, observability, and engineering standards for agentic experiences in Excel

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding
  • Proficiency in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python
  • Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background check and security screenings

Nice to Have:

  • Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams
  • Ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies and adapt to evolving requirements
  • Proficiency in using AI and agentic coding tools
  • Experience working in high scale service architectures

Benefits & Perks

  • Industry leading healthcare