Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

6h

About The Position

Are you driven to mentor and grow high‑performing engineering teams while setting technical direction at enterprise scale? Do you bring deep technical judgment and a passion for delivering solutions that improve customer experience and business performance across a billion‑dollar global portfolio? If so, we want you to join Monetization and Business Planning. In this role, you will lead talented engineers and provide hands‑on technical leadership to shape the systems and processes that power our pricing, packaging, licensing, channel, and monetization strategies—delivering material, measurable impact.
As part of this mission, the Monetization and Business Planning team is building a business process automation practice to drive efficiency across go‑to‑market operations. You will define and own the automation strategy that streamlines how products are brought to market, delivering scalable solutions that improve launch execution and enable better, faster decision‑making across internal teams.
As a Principal Software Engineering Manager on the Monetization and Business Planning team, you will act as a strategic partner to functional teams, influencing Microsoft’s go‑to‑market decisions to drive business growth. You will build trusted cross-functional relationships, take on progressively broader responsibilities, and establish yourself as a trusted strategic advisor. You can expect support for your professional development, and encouragement to bring your authentic self to work.
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

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
• 4+ years people management experience
• Experience providing hands-on technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, including architecture and design, code reviews, development, and quality assurance
• Demonstrated ability to establish and scale disciplined software engineering practices that deliver measurable business value, enable problem-solving, and drive continuous innovation through data-informed decision making
• Experience driving AI-based solutions and innovation in software development to improve cost efficiency, operational effectiveness, and overall solution quality
• Experience leveraging project management methodologies to deliver complex, multi‑stakeholder initiatives, managing scope, timelines, and execution across teams
• Hands‑on or adjacent experience with Azure-based cloud data engineering solutions, supporting data pipelines, analytics workloads, or platform integrations at scale

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for scalable, secure architectures and champion innovation using AI/ML to advance automation capabilities
• Lead and coach your team to conduct thorough reviews of architecture to produce secure, extensible, and maintainable code on Azure Intelligent Cloud platform
• Define and drive the roadmap for AI driven business process automation ensuring alignment with security and compliance requirements
• Own the full life cycle development of AI driven business process automation on Microsoft’s Azure Intelligent Cloud platform
• Make executive connections with key stakeholders and work with them to identify, deliver and maintain automation solutions
• Commit to a customer and/or stakeholder-oriented focus, lead discussions and develop insights and recommendations
• Coach your team to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders
• Seek new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale
• Foster an inclusive team culture that prioritizes psychological safety, diversity of thought, and career growth through coaching and succession planning
• Embody our culture and values

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal