Principal Software Engineering Manager

At Web Data Document Processing & Rendering team, you'll play a key role in building cutting-edge batch and streaming systems as part of our platform that powers Bing Search and Microsoft AI training scenarios, empowers data scientists to seamlessly integrate their machine learning models, driving transformative insights at massive scale. Here you will be working with eye-popping scales, processing tens of billions of documents per day and managing hundreds of petabytes of data. The opportunity to make an impact on millions of users with each feature you ship is truly motivating.

In today's AI-driven world, where data is more valuable than ever, we're embarking on an exciting mission to elevate our platform, scaling it even further to unlock new possibilities and serve a growing array of use cases and customers. If you're passionate about building high-performance systems that shape the future of data processing, this is the place for you!

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
• Experience with large-scale distributed data platforms, such as: Apache Spark, Kafka, Columnar storage, data modeling and schema designs
• Experience as an engineering manager, or a technical lead with a passion for coaching and mentoring others.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in large scale system architecture, design, development, testing, and release, including but not limited to web applications, microservices in layers, database design, API design, performance tuning, telemetry design and analysis.
• Demonstrated programming skills and knowledge of architectural patterns for large, high-scale applications.
• Proficient analytical skills with systematic and structured approaches to software design.
• Passion for building reliable and well-tested code.
• Experience managing and working on full-stack teams and products.
• Committed collaboration and communication around articulating technical details.

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 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 November 29, 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.

• Align team efforts with business and user requirements by collaborating with stakeholders to define priorities, resolve dependencies, and ensure delivery of well-documented design and implementation plans for products, applications, services, or platforms.
• Lead and mentor the team in designing and developing large-scale distributed software services, ensuring adherence to modern engineering practices through design and code reviews.
• Guide system design and architectural decisions across multiple components, encouraging the use of data and telemetry to make informed decisions.
• Drive engineering excellence by fostering a culture of building modular, secure, reliable, testable, maintainable, and reusable solutions, while promoting active monitoring practices.
• Establish quality assurance strategies by setting standards for improving test coverage, streamlining integration testing, and addressing critical problem areas proactively.
• Oversee and improve operational reliability, guiding efforts to troubleshoot and optimize automation, monitoring, and Live Site health.
• Foster a positive team culture and embody company values, ensuring collaboration, innovation, and personal development are prioritized within the team.