Redmond, Washington, United States - Software Engineer II - Calendar is looking to drive the evolution of AI-powered scheduling systems, integrating backend services and large language models (LLMs) with substrate APIs and other Outlook services to deliver modern and intelligent Microsoft Calendar experiences across Monarch and Teams, accelerating innovation and creating a funnel for premium value through Places and Copilot. The role aims to leverage cutting-edge AI to reduce cognitive overload and deliver innovative, agent-driven solutions for the hybrid work era, empowering individuals and organizations.
Requirements
- Experience building cloud-native applications and services.
- Problem solving decomposition and presenting efficient solutions through scalable systems design and understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and telemetry.
- 5+ years of experience in software development using C-Sharp, .NET, TypeScript, or similar technologies.
- Experienced using software development agents / assistants to co-develop.
- Experience with Microsoft Graph, M365 services, or workplace productivity tools.
- Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, especially in the context of Copilot or agent-based systems.
- Exposure to hybrid work scenarios, calendar systems, or workplace coordination platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimize backend services that power AI-driven scheduling agents, supporting millions of daily users.
- Integrate LLMs, AI and machine learning (ML) models to deliver intelligent, context-aware scheduling and coordination experiences.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and AI advancements to deliver transformative Copilot experiences that support calendar planning.
- Integrate personal and organizational time/location data into the M365 graph to power Copilot and agent-based assistance.
- Design and implement scalable backend services that power Microsoft Calendar experiences across Monarch and Teams, integrating deeply with substrate APIs, Copilot, and Places.
- Drive architectural decisions and engineering excellence to ensure reliability, performance, and security in alignment with Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (SFI).
- Contribute to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight as well as break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
Other
- 3 days / week in-office
- Travel 0-25%
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check*
- Embody the Microsoft culture and values.
