Principal Software Engineer Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

Windows + Devices powers experiences for users worldwide, building the platforms and products that create meaningful experiences across Microsoft and leading the Windows and Surface products through deep partnership across the company and with OEM partners. The Windows Engineering System is the backbone that lets Windows engineers design, code, build, validate, and ship at massive scale, securely and with high quality. The Quality & Validation team focuses on building engineering systems and delivering quality and validation services to be utilized by all these Windows products. We develop and manage scalable software services which use the power of automation and AI to provide this service to our Windows partner teams. As a Principal Software Engineer Manager, you will be responsible for leading the modernization, security, and evolution of our validation services. You should be passionate about quality, scale, and cloud services. Focusing on system and security fundamentals you will have the opportunity to drive quality improvements broadly across Windows. You will partner across Windows and Devices engineering teams to drive improvements in validation capabilities and adoption of engineering best practices. You will collaborate with stakeholders across organizations to align requirements, improve quality outcomes, and help shape the future direction of validation services. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

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 8+ 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 people management experience.
Experience with hardware and OS bring up, bringing new hardware to market.
Experience building and shipping production grade software or services.
A track record of designing, deploying, and operating large scale services with high availability.
Postmortem analysis and authoring for live site issues.
Experience with build systems, and validation systems for hardware, software, and cloud services.

Responsibilities

As a manager, deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.
Driving the strategy and roadmap for validation services supporting Windows and Devices engineering teams.
Partnering with engineering teams to establish and promote validation best practices and scalable service adoption.
Partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to set the product strategy for our validation services.
Leads architecture and technical direction for validation services, ensuring they meet current and future customer requirements.
Establishes processes to measure and ensure system architecture is effective and meets the current and future needs and requirements of the service.
Understands the importance of security and designs solutions which are highly secure to protect our internal services and customer data.
Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive our validation service modernization plans.
Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers on the team, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of our services while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.