Principal Software Engineer Manager

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer Manager to join our team! Join us. Make an impact. We are the Sky team and have the mandate and opportunity to:

Empower Microsoft Cloud teams and their customers to easily deliver high-quality services using standard cloud architecture and infrastructure.

We understand that driving meaningful impact means empowering and enabling our customers to achieve more. Driven by customer needs, we are fueling investments in standardized cloud architecture and infrastructure to build a solid foundation that gives customers an excellent experience with our products. Our portfolio includes projects that span the entirety of Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem. You will partner on projects across different areas like containerization, security, large-scale distributed systems, reliability, distributed computing, observability, etc.

Sky is a talented, diverse, and supportive organization that celebrates development and learning. We pride ourselves on embracing a growth mindset to pursue technical excellence. We value collaboration and craftsmanship to drive results that move the needle for our customers. We engineer elegant solutions to complex problems. We encourage an informal and flexible work environment, and you are welcome to work from home, or in our offices - wherever you can do your best work.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Go, C#, C++ or Java
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with Cloud Native technologies including containers, Go, and Kubernetes

Other Requirements: 

• Cloud Background check: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Go, C#, C++ or Java
• OR 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, Go, C#, C++ or Java
• OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years people management experience.
• Awareness of, and ability to reason about, modern software & systems architectures, including load-balancing, queueing, caching, distributed systems failure modes, and microservices
• Understanding of computer science, including data structures and algorithms
• Experience designing, building, and troubleshooting complex software systems
• Demonstrable ability to own and deliver software projects
• Knowledge and passion for Agile development practices
• Willingness and ability to respectfully challenge the status quo

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 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 February 5, 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.

• You must be deeply technical, experienced with Kubernetes, and able to ramp up in new areas quickly since your responsibilities will span all areas of Azure’s business as well as all layers of the cloud technology stack.
• You will lead a team of software engineers as well as review and contribute to technical design and implementation of solutions to solve difficult problems within the infrastructure which enables the success of Microsoft's services. This will require working with stakeholders across Azure to define the problem, and to research, design and develop the solution. You will collaborate with teams of developers and program managers throughout the process offering opportunities to learn from and mentor others.
• As a manager, you will be responsible for the performance management and development of your team, short and long-term planning, and the execution and delivery of that work.