Principal Software Engineering Manager - Package Ingestion

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

Overview Xbox's Creator Onboarding, Release, and Support (CORS) organization is on a mission to become the essential publishing platform for all game creators. Within CORS, the Package Ingestion & Distribution (PID) team owns the critical backend pipeline that transforms a developer's uploaded game package into a certified, published, and downloadable Xbox title serving millions of players worldwide. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead the PID engineering team. In this role, you will manage a team of approximately 10 full-time engineers plus vendor staff, building and operating the high-throughput, globally distributed systems that power package upload, processing, signing, and delivery for Xbox. You will drive technical strategy across the full publishing pipeline, champion operational excellence and security, and grow the careers of engineers working on some of the most mission-critical backend services in gaming. This is a people management role where you will model, coach, and care embodying Microsoft's culture, defining team objectives, enabling success across boundaries, and investing in the growth of every individual on your team.

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.
4+ years people management experience.
Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, high-throughput data pipelines, or content delivery platforms

Nice To Haves

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 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 equivalent experience.
Familiarity with packaging technologies, build/release engineering, or CI/CD infrastructure at scale
Experience with Azure cloud services, storage systems, and globally distributed architectures
Track record of building inclusive teams and fostering psychological safety in engineering organizations
Experience managing teams through leadership transitions with empathy and stability
Experience with security compliance frameworks, encryption/signing pipelines, and secure-by-design engineering practices

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and grow a backend engineering team of approximately 10 full-time engineers plus vendor staff, building the high-throughput systems that power Xbox's publishing pipeline reestablishing strong people management practices including career development, performance coaching, and team ceremonies
Own the technical vision and engineering roadmap for the end-to-end package ingestion pipeline from upload and validation through encryption, signing, and CDN delivery driving modernization toward next-generation packaging formats and reduced-latency processing
Drive production reliability and security excellence across mission-critical backend services, championing Secure Future Initiative (SFI) compliance, encryption and certificate management, DRI on-call practices, and BCDR readiness
Lead AI-driven innovation in the publishing pipeline, applying disciplined AI adoption and engineering automation to reduce end-to-end latency, improve global upload parity, and accelerate the creator publishing experience
Collaborate across the publishing ecosystem with Product Management, TPM, peer engineering teams, and downstream partners in CDN, Partner Center, and Xbox Live runtime to deliver a seamless, reliable experience for creators worldwide

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