Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is a new cloud service offerings from Microsoft for Managed Service Providers (MSPs, aka Partners) for administering Identity, Security, Compliance and Productivity applications of their multiple SMB (Small and Medium Business) customers effortlessly through a single pane of glass. SMB is a major investment area for Modern Work growth where partners form the backbone driving a significant portion of revenue.  As part of our team, you will get exciting opportunities to work on cutting edge technologies across a variety of platforms. You will be a part of the team that builds the foundational systems & architecture to revolutionize the way Microsoft enables its Small and Medium Business customers.  

We are growing a solid, diverse team of engineers and have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire and grow within our organization and we encourage you to apply to learn more.  

The team is on a mission to build and deliver rock solid engineering systems using some of the innovative & modern technologies and Engineering techniques. This requires deep technical and business expertise, customer insights, and a clear vision that comes from first-hand, large-scale experience with Microsoft and industry solutions. Microsoft 365 employees have deep technical and business expertise, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, large-scale experience with Microsoft and industry solutions. We are engineers, technology leaders and experts, digital transformation change agents, and customer advocates. 

We are looking to hire a Principal Engineering Manager who brings in-depth technical skills along with ability to lead one of evolving solutions in the Microsoft 365 of products.

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.
• 6+ years demonstrated experience in designing and developing enterprise-level business solutions.

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:

• 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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • 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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years people management experience.
• Solid software engineering skills – design, development, and testing experience.
• Good knowledge in C#, .NET Framework or comparable programming environment, SQL, Web Development, and test methodologies.
• Familiar with continuous integration, unit and functional testing practices, and continuous deployment systems.
• Familiar with DevOps practices including On Call and Incident Management.
• Ability to motivate and influence team, to coach and groom senior IC talent.
• Ability to lead, coach and provide leadership to staff on goals, objectives, and performance success criteria.

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.

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• Be a great manager, mentor, and leader of the team and broader organization.
• Be a great process engineer. You will be accountable to the design, implementation, schedule, delivery, of your team’s programs & products.
• Lead the team in adopting relevant new technologies, tools, methods and processes from Microsoft and industry.
• Support and influence the team culture of being customer centric and continuously improving.
• Identify and implement engineering best practices.
• Managing and growing a team of highly capable engineers developing a world-class platform.
• Champion Dev-Ops engineering practices that ensure safe and fast paced releases of our programs & features.
• Flight code changes and drive telemetry and analytics to take a data-driven approach to understanding customer impact.
• Lead Design, Code reviews to ensure consistently high level of design and implementation.
• Architect and build mature service capabilities (telemetry & monitoring, self-healing and self-service, scalability etc.)
• Ensure compliance with Security, Accessibility, GDPR etc. and performance criteria.
• Lead the team in adopting relevant new technologies, tools, methods and processes from Microsoft and industry.