Principal Group Software Engineering Manager - Azure Databricks

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

68d • $163,000 - $296,400 • Remote

About The Position

As a Principal Group Software Engineering Manager - Azure Databricks, you will lead a globally diverse engineering team and partner closely with product management to grow the business, improve product quality and security, and drive operational excellence. You will be responsible for developing new features that differentiate Azure Databricks as a first-party service, with deep integration into the Azure ecosystem. You'll collaborate with stakeholders across Microsoft and Databricks to influence the future of our platform and deliver customer-centric innovations. This opportunity will allow you to shape the future of data analytics in the AI era, strengthen your cross-org influence, and develop deep technical and business acumen. Flexible work options are available, including the ability to work from home.

Requirements

• Bachelor'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, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of people management experience, including experience managing managers.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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 10+ 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 of people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversees partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams for multiple solutions or product lines.
• Oversees teams and provides technical leadership for identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Oversees teams to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) across products.
• Leads the resolution of complex site incidents and oversees for Designated Responsible Individuals (DRI) and directs the work of other engineers across product lines.
• Keeps informed of and communicates new standards to ensure that the product development and scaling to customer requirements and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations and holds accountability for products that do not meet expectations.

Benefits

• Base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 per year.
• Base pay range for this role in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees