Principal Software Engineering Manager

The Microsoft 365 applications are at the heart of the Microsoft mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. With hundreds of millions of users, no other product suite has the same reach and impact on personal and organizational productivity. The importance to the Microsoft business is critical, since M365 is a key driver of consistent revenue and income growth.  

The Release and Delivery Experience (RDX) team's mission is to empower decision-makers with actionable insights, effective controls, and predictable releases that enable them to drive end-user productivity effectively and efficiently. A key element is reliably delivering high-quality M365 software to our enterprise customers. Enterprise administrators manage and configure their deployments via our integrated system that handles billions of requests and orchestrates millions of software updates each month. We enable policy customization, and provide insights into the inventory and health of Office on their devices. 

We are a fast-paced, highly collaborative team dedicated to improving customer satisfaction. We work on interesting challenges, grow, learn, and have fun doing it. We are looking for a seasoned, hands-on Engineering Manager who is passionate about engineering scalable services to join us in this impactful and challenging mission. 

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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field,
• Technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Hands-on engineering management experience delivering large scale software.  
• Experience developing for the web. 
• Demonstrated success collaborating across multiple teams simultaneously. 
• Proven ability to coach and build a thriving team.  
• Demonstrated technical design and coding skills.  
• Proven ability to execute against a software development schedule. 

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: 

• People management experience.
• Experience creating high-quality, customer focused products.  
• Demonstrated success in bringing people together across teams to successfully collaborate on innovative solutions.   
• Demonstrated success in creating an inclusive and fun work environment where every employee engages effectively.   
• Demonstrated success in growing people and teams through modeling, coaching, and demonstrating care. 
• Experience or working knowledge of JavaScript/Node.js/React or another similar web stack.  
• Proficient with high quality Software design, development experience with effective problem solving, and debugging skills.  
• Experience in working on big data pipelines such as Cosmos DB, Kusto, Azure Data Factory, etc. or similar technologies would be a plus.  
• Experience in working with Azure Dev Ops and SQL or similar technologies would be a plus. 

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.

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• Work with peers and across disciplines to deliver improvements and new features for our platform and its services.
• Be responsible for key experiences that enable administrators to keep millions of users productive and secure.
• Partner with multiple teams in pursuit of our mission and shape the future of enterprise deployment. 
• Hire and lead a diverse team of strong software engineers with an inclusive culture.  
• Model customer obsession and a growth mindset.  
• Modernize and expand the systems we use to collect and share signals from our customers to enable faster innovation and on-boarding. 
• Manage delivery schedules in an agile environment. 
• Set and refine strategy for your areas of business ownership. 
• Partner across disciplines to remove barriers and accelerate delivery of features.