Principal Software Engineering Manager
Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Data Engineering
In short
Responsibilities
- Set and communicate the multi-year technical direction for a large-scale observability/telemetry platform, aligning roadmaps with Azure Data's reliability, scale, and cost objectives.
- Lead through other leaders and senior engineers, growing, coaching, and retaining a diverse team.
- Own the operational health of high-volume production services, fostering a durable live-site culture.
- Advance the security and compliance posture of services.
- Drive cross-organization initiatives and difficult trade-offs, influencing partner teams and senior stakeholders.
- Cultivate an inclusive, engineering-driven environment where people do their best work, learn continuously, and adopt modern practices.
- Embody Microsoft's culture and values.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
- Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Desired Qualifications
- Proficiency operating large-scale distributed services or data/telemetry pipelines in production.
- Demonstrated experience leading live-site/reliability practices for high-availability cloud services.
- Familiarity with cloud security and compliance programs.
- Experience growing and developing engineering managers and senior/principal engineers.
- Competence partnering across organizational boundaries to deliver shared platform outcomes.
- Working knowledge of observability/monitoring domains (metrics, logs, tracing) is helpful.
Benefits
- Typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year.
- For San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- Learn additional benefits and pay information at https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay.
Skills
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Company
MicrosoftJob Posted
4 days ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
US$142,800–274,800 / year
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
United States
Qualification
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