Principal Software Engineering Manager

Do you want to build and ship large scale Azure services? Does working with and contributing to Open Source Software sound exciting? The Azure Developer Experience team at Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) is staffing a team of talented engineers and product managers to help us build and ship Azure services targeted to developers building applications and services in Azure. Our team mission is to make Azure the best cloud for all developers. Working with the OSS community and partner ISVs we will deliver services that expand access to open source and 3rd party technologies in the Azure cloud. We also work on some of the largest global-scale PaaS services offered by Azure for developers building or migrating apps and workloads to the cloud, e.g., Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure Load Testing, etc.  

We are hiring seasoned Engineering Managers to lead new projects related to Azure services in the above areas. We are looking for strong, self-motivated and results driven individuals who can thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments. We value a healthy work environment where growth mindset, openness, trust, diversity, respect, and care are strong cultural values. As a Principal Engineering Manager, you will provide technical and people leadership for a talented team of engineers. You will have end-to-end ownership for a customer-facing service, end-to-end feature areas for a large service, or a significant platform area that drives efficiencies across multiple services. 

If the above sounds challenging and exciting, we’d love to talk to you. 

Required: 

• BA/BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent field 

• 10+ years of industry experience building and shipping software using modern programming languages such as C#, C++, Java, Go or Python 

• Track record of delivering engineering projects across multiple ship cycles 

• At least 4 years of experience in people management 

• Demonstrated history of leading successful engineering teams that work well together 

• Strong technical and problem-solving skills 

• Customer obsession and passion for shipping high quality products 

• Excellent planning, execution, and communication skills 

Preferred: 

• Experience working in a Linux environment and/or with open source projects 

• Experience building and shipping a large-scale cloud service is a big plus 

• Experience with cloud infrastructure such as Azure, AWS or GCP 

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps tools and processes 

• Experience in site-reliability engineering practices and supporting scalable live site services 

• Experience working with cross-functional teams across geographies 

• Experience growing senior engineers 

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. 

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.

• Lead, hire, and grow a diverse world-class team of software engineers 

• Lead delivery for a world class Azure service or a platform sub-system working with engineers and peer teams.  

• Partner with product management, industry partners, customers, and other stakeholders to define requirements, scope projects and ship products in rapid, iterative cycles 

• Stay up to date on industry trends around cloud native technologies, open source development and dev ops processes, mentoring team on innovation, modern design and service engineering. 

• Support customers and live site in a dev ops model 

• Build for security, privacy, scale, reliability and compliance 

• Lead others by exemplifying growth mindset, inclusiveness, teamwork, and customer obsession 

• Mentor, coach and grow engineers