Principal Software Engineering Manager

The Power Automate Desktop – AI Integrations team builds products that combine the latest AI technologies, Power Platform services, and low-code capabilities in Power Automate Desktop to help users be more productive. We partner with teams in Windows, Teams, and Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word), to meet the customers where they are, and help customers be more productive in their daily activities by detecting repeatable tasks and suggesting how to automate them.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead the power automate desktop AI integration team. As a team, we expose automations in all major Copilots and let customers use natural language to build and invoke desktop automations. We work with adjacent teams in Power Automate to combine desktop automations with cloud automations, task mining and process insights for an end-to-end, comprehensive solution to improve their productivity. We operate with high agility; we move fast from proof-of-concept, to a V1 in production and use feedback from customers to decide the next set of investments.   

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. 
• 2+ years of experience with Cloud Computing Platforms, such as Azure or AWS.  

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.

Preferred Qualifications:     

• Experience with Data Storage Technologies, such as SQL or NoSQL.   
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools, such as Azure DevOps.   
• Experience with large scale distributed SaaS architectures.    

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 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.

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• Own all aspects of feature development, including quality, scalability, performance, telemetry, alerting, and maintenance. 
• Contribute to the broader service architecture, ensuring it can scale to accommodate millions of users. 
• Actively collaborate with partner teams, build technical knowledge, and oversee the incorporation of continuous feedback loops for customer value, usage patterns, and key performance indicators (KPIs). 
• Define quality metrics, best practices, and coding patterns to ensure testable and reliable code. 
• Provide technical and people leadership during design reviews, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices. 
• Champion skill development efforts, mentor team members, and work with a team of remote engineers to ensure success. 
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across various aspects, from architecture and design to code reviews, development, quality assurance, observability, and live site operations. 
• Build relationships with Microsoft partners for innovation, hire and retain top talent, and encourage software engineering best practices.