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Prinicpal Software Engineer - VS Code

Microsoft

$139,900 - $274,800
Sep 11, 2025
Washington, DC, USA
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Visual Studio Code is looking to improve the Copilot Inline Completions and Next Edit Suggestion features to increase their impact and usefulness on the developer's inner loop

Requirements

  • Experience in shipping high-quality code that invokes models used in production and network optimizations
  • Experience in performance optimization of LLM calls and understanding of experimentation platforms, metrics, and data pipelines
  • Coding experience in languages including, but not limited to, TypeScript, JavaScript, or Python
  • Experience in complex cross team collaboration
  • Understanding of metrics, scorecards, and developer feedback
  • Experience with GitHub and social channels
  • Experience with blog posts, conference and meetup presentations

Responsibilities

  • Increase the impact and usefulness of Copilot on the developer's inner loop
  • Optimize TTFT and improve the quality of model responses
  • Analyze the product and identify opportunities for more inner loop model usage
  • Improve engineering processes and tools related to metrics, scorecards, and developer feedback
  • Interact with our users on GitHub and on social channels
  • Drive community engagement through blog posts and conference and meetup presentations

Other

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
  • Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
  • Proactive attitude and a strong desire to innovate
  • Avid learner and self-starter