Principal Software Engineer – Copilot Security (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Software Engineer – Copilot Security (AI): Leading the development of security features and innovative solutions that harness agentic AI to protect customers and enable new agentic capabilities in Copilot with an accent on defenses against emerging threats like prompt injection and secure orchestration frameworks. Focus on designing and shipping AI-powered defenses, secure orchestration frameworks, and enabling technologies that empower Copilot to act safely and responsibly at scale.

Location: Must work from a designated hirify.global office at least four days a week if they live within 50 miles of that location

Salary: USD $139,900 – $304,200 per year

Company

hirify.global’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

What you will do

• Develop and ship agentic AI-powered security features that proactively protect users from threats.
• Design and implement secure orchestration frameworks that enable Copilot to safely execute actions across devices, services, and platforms.
• Invent and apply new intelligent agents that leverage information flow analysis and apply common sense and judgement guardrails for security and privacy.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, security, privacy, and AI teams to drive adoption of agentic security patterns and best practices across Copilot and MAI.
• Establish and monitor key metrics for agentic AI security and innovation, using data-driven insights to continuously improve defenses and enablement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• 8+ years in technical engineering roles building large-scale services.
• 6+ years hands-on experience designing and operating security-critical or AI-powered systems at scale, including agentic AI, secure orchestration, or advanced threat defenses.
• Proven ability to design, build, and ship agentic AI features or frameworks.

Nice to have

• 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.
• Experience integrating with Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI Service, or hirify.global security platforms (Azure AD, Defender, Purview).
• Track record of mentoring experienced engineers, driving adoption of secure agentic AI standards across product teams, and influencing technical roadmaps while balancing innovation velocity with fundamentals.