
AI agents are transforming how organizations automate workflows, make decisions, and scale productivity. As agents increasingly reason, plan, and execute actions autonomously, they need secure, reliable, and governed connectivity to enterprise data, tools, and services.
Agent 365 is Microsoft’s unified control plane for AI agents, providing capabilities for agent registry, lifecycle management, access governance, observability, interoperability, and security. The WorkIQ-Infra team builds the foundational connectors and connection-management services that power Microsoft 365 Copilot, Agent 365, and Power Platform–based agents, workflows, and applications.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will help shape and build the Agent Connectivity Platform, enabling agents to discover, authenticate to, and interact with enterprise and third-party systems. You will drive architecture, deliver production-quality code, and solve complex distributed-systems challenges across connectors, connection lifecycle management, authentication, and secure tool invocation.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role with technical influence across teams. Your work will directly impact how agents connect and operate across organizational boundaries—securely, reliably, and at global Microsoft scale.
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.
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:
#Agent365 #CAP
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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.

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