Software Engineering - ODSP WEX - Architect

Microsoft is seeking a Principal Architect for OneDrive and SharePoint to shape and deliver AI-powered user experiences. The role involves driving technical vision, ensuring engineering excellence, and leading key projects to innovate and enhance collaboration experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Drive technical architecture for key projects across SharePoint Experiences
• Model AI-first development best practices and engineering agility and velocity while reinforcing fundamentals (security, responsible AI, performance, etc.)
• Partner with Applied Science, Product, Customer Success, and teams across E+D to translate real customer needs into scalable architectural patterns
• Use evaluation, customer, and telemetry signals (offline and online) as inputs to product decisions, iteration, and safe deployment
• Act as a technical force multiplier, guiding engineers across teams, resolving cross‑cutting design tradeoffs, and influencing platform roadmaps in M365

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR full stack software engineering (React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Rest, Azure or equivalent experience
• 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
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• 10 years of experience in full stack software engineering
• 2 years experience delivering leveraging AI/ML (RAG, orchestration, eval systems, agent architectures, etc.)