Principal Engineering Manager

Microsoft Gaming is the gateway for brands to the #1 cross-platform gaming company in the world, with hundreds of millions of players across over 190 countries. Our legendary portfolio includes iconic mobile game franchises such as Candy Crush™, eSports opportunities like the Call of Duty® and Overwatch® Leagues, and some of the top PC and console gaming such as World of Warcraft®, Call of Duty®, and StarCraft®.
The idea is simple: great game experiences offer great marketing experiences.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager in our Ads Engineering team, crafting groundbreaking mobile advertising technologies to build the next generation of our Ads Platform.

•  12+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on technical management

•  7+ years coding in one of the following languages: C++, Java, Python and/or NodeJS
•  Strong ability to recruit and manage technical teams, including performance management

•  BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience

•  You've led a team of 12+ engineers and have 5+ years of engineering management experience.

•  You have experience building services and systems and have successfully taken projects from inception to production.

•  You have experience formulating a team's technical strategy and roadmap; you've collaborated and partnered effectively with several other teams.

•  You are comfortable diving into the technical aspects of various parts of the backend system.

•  You can provide a strong technical vision for systems and infrastructure teams.

  Preferred Qualifications

•  Experience building advertising platform
•  Experience working with Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

          More about you

•  You are passionate about a culture of learning and teaching. You love challenging yourself to constantly  improve, and sharing your knowledge to empower others.
• You like to take risks when looking for novel solutions to complex problems. If faced with roadblocks, you continue to reach higher to make greatness happen.
• You care about solving big, systemic problems. You look beyond the surface to understand root causes so that you can build long-term solutions for the whole ecosystem.

• You believe in not only serving customers but also empowering them by providing knowledge and tools.

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. 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.

•  Be both a highly technical, hands-on coder and effective people manager.
•  Communicate cross-functionally and drive engineering efforts.
•  Hold your own in technical discussion, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence.
•  Effectively coach, mentor and guide the technical and professional development of the members of the team.
•  Scale the team up by sourcing and hiring both externally and internally and keep a super high bar while doing so!.
• Partner with product and other teams to capture requirements for advertising needs, and build the most effective systems, services, tools, and infrastructure to achieve those goals.
• Participate in deep technical design discussions within your team, and across partner teams, and ensure that we're building the right systems and keeping the quality high.
• You will bring a strong perspective that drives change and motivates engineers to develop simple solutions to complex problems.
• Ensure the team fully understands the goals and objectives of Microsoft advertising unit and how their work fits into the bigger picture.
• Inspire the team to be autonomous, grow people's careers, and build technical leaders within the team.