Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

19h • $165,600 - $331,200

About The Position

Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. Within Microsoft Fabric, We are looking for a Software Engineer to help shape the next phase of our Observability Platform. On this team, you’ll work on how trillions of signals from Microsoft’s intelligent cloud are ingested, processed, and turned into reliable, real time insights. We own the core telemetry ingestion pipelines that handle more than 100 petabytes of data every day and underpin observability across Azure, Office, Windows, Xbox, and a broad ecosystem of customer applications. This role sits close to the hard problems of scale, with strict requirements on throughput, reliability, correctness, and operability, and offers meaningful ownership over systems that run continuously at global scale. Beyond individual contributions, you’ll collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and help establish technical direction and engineering standards as the platform evolves. We embrace a fast-paced, startup-like culture focused on shipping early and often, with an emphasis on attention to detail, introspection, and accountability. Collaboration is at the heart of our team. We build on each other’s ideas and empower engineers to innovate from the ground up, delivering world-class value at speed. What we build: Low-latency data ingestion and processing pipelines. Highly scalable, resilient microservices hosted in the cloud. Availability indicators, monitoring, and auto-mitigation software. Deployment and operational tooling. If you’re passionate about building systems that power Azure’s observability and health at hyperscale, and thrive in an environment that values creativity, collaboration, and technical excellence, we’d love to hear from you. We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

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, 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

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Experience with large scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical strategy for Azure observability and reliability platforms, influencing architecture, engineering practices, and long-term investments across multiple teams and services.
• Lead the design of highly scalable distributed systems that process and analyze telemetry at hyperscale, ensuring platform reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Partner with engineering, product, and platform leaders across Azure to align priorities, navigate ambiguity, and deliver solutions that create broad customer and business impact.
• Identify and address systemic challenges across architecture, operations, and engineering processes, improving the effectiveness and sustainability of critical platform capabilities.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design guidance, and mentoring, helping develop senior engineers and strengthen engineering excellence across the organization.
• Drive innovation in observability, automation, and intelligent operations, shaping capabilities that improve service health, incident response, and engineering productivity at cloud scale.
• Embody our culture and values

Benefits

• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (Accessibility | Microsoft Careers).
• Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

What This Job Offers

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