Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Microsoft Teams is core to Microsoft's vision for intelligent communications and productivity in the modern workplace. It's a hub for teamwork, giving teams instant access to everything they need right in Office 365. Microsoft Teams is the canvas that keeps all your content, tools, people, and conversations together in one place. It is the hottest product at Microsoft and we’re on course to disrupt the team collaboration space. In the Microsoft Teams Fundamentals team, you will also have the opportunity to work on generative AI, LLM, and world class AI stack that power the developer productivity with AI-driven infrastructure, at the forefront of AI innovation and research, leading our team towards the latest advances in deep learning, natural language processing, and conversational AI to transform the Engineering Systems space. Join the Teams Engineering Systems team as a Principal Software Engineering Manager and help build the backbone that enables thousands of Teams developers to ship features to millions of users worldwide, architecting and building AI-driven solutions that make our developers thrive. You’ll have the opportunity to work in cross-organizational programs, remove barriers, and enable thousands of Teams developers to build and release Teams features to millions with confidence and cutting-edge AI capabilities. You’ll lead the team towards operational excellence for large-scale systems, applying industry-leading practices and AI to push our platform forward. You’ll lead seasoned engineers, level up teams, and formalize standards that scale across the organization. In this role, your leadership and system design skills will shape our product direction and priorities. Our culture is inclusive, collaborative, and high energy. We thrive on diverse perspectives, teamwork, and a relentless focus on customer success. The collaboration space is growing rapidly, offering exceptional opportunities to learn innovative technologies and accelerate your career. Join us to shape the future of intelligent collaboration across industries and geographies. 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.
• These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 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

• 4+ years people management experience, building high performing teams that take pride in their work.
• 5+ years of developing and shipping software and/or infrastructure at scale.
• 5+ year experience in system design and architecture for large scale, distributed, highly available infrastructure.
• Experience solving challenging problems and cross team/organization collaboration skills.
• Proven ability to apply AI and machine learning for acceleration and optimization of engineering workflows, release pipelines, guardrails, and data informed decision making.
• Leadership and influence across organizational boundaries, with the ability to communicate technical details clearly to diverse audiences, strong analytical skills and data storytelling through concise, actionable visualizations, a bias for action and customer focus, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to shape product discovery by leveraging insights and metrics, developing hypotheses and success criteria, and ensuring features deliver sustainable, long-term value.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale infrastructure systems supporting Teams developers worldwide.
• Empower our developers to design, develop and maintain components that power the Teams Fundamentals and Engineering Systems infrastructure for Microsoft Teams.
• Collaborate and influence designs, architectures, and best practices to support large-scale distributed systems and infrastructure in our Engineering Systems, analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensional systems for scalability.
• Leverage AI to accelerate and optimize experimentation workflows, Engineering Systems pipelines, and developer experiences, improving speed, quality, and reliability.
• Apply state-of-the-art techniques in deep learning, natural language processing, and conversational AI to build and improve the AI capabilities of our Engineering Systems infrastructure.
• Collaborate with partners, internal and external to Microsoft Teams organization, in order to architect and design infrastructure that maximize our engineering productivity.
• Collaborate closely with peers and other teams across a variety of technical backgrounds to find innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Work closely with other AI teams across Microsoft to leverage and share best practices and resources.
• Empower our team to experiment, prototype, and evaluate new ideas and approaches for AI-powered features.

Benefits

• The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800.00 - $274,800.00 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 $188,000.00 - $304,200.00 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
• This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
• If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

What This Job Offers

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