Software Engineer II

Join us to shape how millions of developers write, understand, and maintain code with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-directly inside Visual Studio. We're integrating next-gen capabilities like Agent Mode and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integration and turning them into fast, intuitive, and secure experiences. If you thrive in ambiguous spaces and enjoy turning ideas into reliable, high-impact tools, we'd love to hear from you.

We take pride in our culture-where respect, curiosity, engineering excellence, and collaboration aren't just values, but everyday practices. And yes, we make room for fun, creativity, and balance along the way.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positivelyimpactour culture every day.

Responsibilities:

• Design and ship AI-assisted features in Visual Studio that help developers generate, explain, and refactor code-measured by adoption, reliability, and user satisfaction.
• Integrate Copilot/MCP (Model Context Protocol) into core Integrated Development Environment (IDE) workflows with strong attention to performance, privacy, and safety-by-default.
• Collaborate with partner teams across Microsoft and GitHub to deliver secure, performant solutions and iterate quickly on real developer feedback.
• Contribute to designs (Application Programming Interfaces (API), data flows, extensibility points) and participate in code/design reviews to keep quality and maintainability high for a large codebase.
• Instrument and learn using telemetry, experimentation, and diagnostics to improve latency, reliability, and relevance over time.
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Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• 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.

• 1+ year(s) of experience with building large-scale, high-performance applications or developer tools
• 1+ year(s) of experience using generative AI coding assistance and tooling to augment your development work

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.

Preferred 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 Master'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
• Experienced in using AI-assisted coding and productivity tools
• Hands-on building AI-driven features: prompt design, tool/function calling, eval harnesses; understanding of MCP/agent patterns. Data & experimentation:
• Telemetry analysis, A/B testing, and a data-driven approach to iteration
• Strength in software craftsmanship: testing, profiling, accessibility, resilience, and secure-by-design practices.
• Comfortable operating with autonomy while collaborating proactively across disciplines.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

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