Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Software Engineering Manager in the Azure Edge and Platform/Sovereign Platform Team. This team will be responsible for building highly available cloud management capabilities and operating services to manage services within a sovereign or high-assurance environment. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with engineers who enable a broad set of Azure services to be consumed by internal and external customers in highly secured and regulated industries. The systems and software you build will be required to meet the security policy and assurance requirements of both public and private sector customers.   

Sovereign Platform team manages Microsoft's clouds for governments around the world through enabling best in class solutions for our customers through foundational services. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineering Manager with experience working with all service aspects of high throughput and multi-tenant services. 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.  

Required 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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• 3+ years of people management experience. 

Other Requirements

• 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. 
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.
• This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information.  To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.

Preferred Qualifications  

• 6+ years designing, developing, and operating backend services. 
• Ability to communicate technical details clearly across organizational boundaries.  
• Experience in DevOps to maintain live services and\or application frameworks; experience with or exposure to Agile and iterative development processes.   
• Cloud and services experience, with Azure cloud experience highly desirable.  
• Excellent analytical skills with systematic and structured approach to software design.  
• Passion for building highly scalable, highly reliable services.  

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 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 $173,200 - $282,200 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 June 21, 2024

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.

As a Principal Software Engineering Manager, you will:    

• Foster and develop talented engineers capable of developing and running scalable, reliable, maintainable services.   
• Keep a razor focus on the usage/metrics of the owned services and be super customer focus.   
• Create robust career development plans to help team members grow.   
• Lead, coach, and build a diverse, inclusive, high-performing team where all team members can do their best work.  
• Help the team plan and execute technical deliverables.  
• Work closely with our external partners to support the team’s mission.   
• Collaborate closely with teams within Microsoft to leverage the best technology to advance the team’s mission.  
• Bring your curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion to deliver on the promise of technology in a difficult, and exciting vertical.  
• Gain a working understanding of Microsoft as a business and collaborate with mentors and leaders to contribute to cohesive, end-to-end experiences for our users.    
• Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach. 
• Embody our Culture and Values