Software Engineer II - Voice Agent

Microsoft Azure Voice AI | Microsoft Foundry Agent Platform
Join our innovativeAzure Voice AI team, where we are buildingvoice, avatar, and voice agent technologies as foundational capabilities of theMicrosoft Foundry Agent Platform.
Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet withhuman‑like, diverse, and delightful AI voices, avatars, and voice‑first agents, enabling natural and effective interactions across devices, applications, and platforms.
We are seeking passionate and talented engineers to join our growing team. In this role, you will work oncore voice agent technologies, spanning system design, engineering, integration, and continuous refinement of speech, avatar, and agent components in production environments.
You will collaborate closely with experts across AI, platform engineering, and product teams to deliverend‑to‑end voice agent solutions that scale across Microsoft products and partners.

• Design and build voice and speech technologies (e.g., ASR, TTS, real‑time interaction pipelines) that power voice agents within the Microsoft Foundry Agent Platform
• Implement and evolvevoice agent capabilities, including real‑time speech processing, multimodal orchestration, and agent runtime integration
• Develop and integratetalking avatar technologies, supporting both zero‑shot and customized experiences
• Apply and adapt moderngenerative AI technologies (including diffusion and language modeling) where appropriate, with an emphasis on engineering robustness and system integration
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to integratevoice agents, speech services, and avatar components into platforms, SDKs, and end‑to‑end applications
• Continuously improve systemlatency, quality, scalability, and reliability in real‑world deployments
• Stay current with industry and research advancements invoice AI, agentic systems, and generative technologies, and translate them into practical solutions
• Contribute to engineering excellence throughdesign reviews, code reviews, and shared best practices

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical fieldAND 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong coding skills in one or more languages such asC, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Experience working withmachine learning–powered systems, platforms, or services (model development experience is a plus but not required)
  
  Preferred Qualifications
• Background inspeech processing, natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, or real‑time systems
• Familiarity withgenerative AI technologies (e.g., diffusion, autoregressive approaches), model integration, or optimization
• Experience building or integratingvoice agents, AI services, or large‑scale distributed systems
• Strong problem‑solving skills with a systems‑thinking mindset
• Effective communication skills and experience working in cross‑functional teams

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more aboutrequesting accommodations.