Senior Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead a team of Site Reliability Engineers responsible for the availability, resiliency, security, and operational excellence of large-scale ad serving systems across hybrid on-premises and Azure environments. In this role, you will guide the design and operation of observability, automation, incident response, scaling, and failover capabilities; drive continuous improvement through blameless postmortems and infrastructure-as-code practices; and partner with machine learning, platform, and engineering teams to improve developer experience and accelerate reliable research-to-production workflows. 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. Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ 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

Master'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 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.
4+ years managing Linux and open source systems.
4+ years people management experience.
6+ years experience in monitoring & observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, etc.).
Experience migrating complex systems from on-prem to public cloud
Experience using Infrasturcture-as-code (e.g. Terraform, Bicep) to manage complex systems
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines
Solid knowledge of distributed systems, networking, and storage.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of experienced SREs to ensure uptime, resiliency and fault tolerance of hybrid on-prem and Azure ad serving systems
Design and help maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to provide real-time visibility into platform performance
Lead building of automation for deployments, incident response, scaling, and failover in hybrid cloud/on-prem environments.
Lead on-call rotations, troubleshoot production issues, conduct blameless postmortems, and drive continuous improvements.
Ensure data privacy, compliance, and secure operations across serving environments.
Partner with ML engineers and platform teams to improve developer experience and accelerate research-to-production workflows.