AI Platform Architect - Teams Platform

AI Platform Architect - Teams Platform About the Team:Microsoft Teams is the collaboration layer for Microsoft 365, empowering over 300 million monthly active users. As the workplace evolves, we are building the platform for the next frontier: seamless collaboration between humans and intelligent agents. Our vision anticipates a world with over 1.3 billion AI agents joining the workforce in the next three years.

 

About the Role:
This AI Platform Architect role sits at the heart of that transformation, within the team responsible for enabling multi-agent collaboration inside Teams. You'll architect the foundational capabilities that make agent collaboration possible: long-context reasoning, memory, tool use, agent supervision, and coordination. This is a rare opportunity to define the technical substrate for how agents and people work together, and to shape the future of productivity at global 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.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve foundational capabilities for advanced AI agents, including long-context reasoning, memory systems, dynamic tool use, evaluation, alignment, and fine-tuning.
• Design and drive the development of a scalable platform for multi-agent collaboration, including orchestration, supervision, and inter-agent communication patterns.
• Guide and inspire a high-agency engineering team to rapidly prototype full-stack solutions in 0-to-1 environments.
• Identify breakthrough AI capabilities and translate them into technically grounded, compelling prototypes that shape product and platform direction.
• Partner across research, product, and engineering teams to transition innovation into robust, user-facing systems.
• Act as a strategic voice in defining future product possibilities, advocating for bold scenarios that push the platform's technical boundaries.
• Influence architecture and roadmap across multiple teams and orgs through clear vision, deep technical judgment, and trusted leadership.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
• 8+ years' experience defining and driving long-term technical direction across multiple teams or divisions.
• 5+ years' experience with architecture spanning frontend, backend, and distributed services, including cloud-native architecture, scalable infrastructure, and service design.
• 5+ years' experience designing and evolving developer platforms, SDKs, and APIs through multiple product generations.
• 3+ years of experience working with large language models (LLMs), including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLM-based reasoning, tool use, agentic workflows, and multi-agent architectures.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience building with LLMs, agent frameworks, or multi-agent orchestration platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to prototype and communicate advanced AI capabilities through compelling demos.
• Demonstrated experience leading knowledge-sharing efforts—driving team-wide understanding of cutting-edge AI advancements through regular learning sessions.
• Experience creating inclusive environments and influencing technical culture at org or division scale.

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 7th, 2025.

 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

 

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

 

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