Principal Software Engineering Manager – Azure Storage Armada Platform

3 Months ago • 12 Years + • DevOps

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Software Engineering Manager will lead the Azure Storage Armada Platform team, building a platform to power Azure Storage services and provide scalability. Responsibilities include managing and growing a team, driving product development end-to-end, fostering a quality-first culture, researching technical issues, ensuring deliverables are met, contributing to the overall technical direction, and acting as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI). The platform will support exponential growth, presenting interesting technical challenges. The role requires strong technical and leadership skills, experience in distributed systems, and a commitment to building high-quality products.
Must have:
  • 12+ years technical experience in backend services
  • People management experience
  • Experience in distributed systems
  • Design and problem-solving skills
  • Product shipping experience
  • C#, Java, C, C++, Python coding skills
Good to have:
  • 4+ years managing engineering teams
  • Experience leading architecture for large-scale systems
  • Hands-on development experience
Perks:
  • Industry-leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Networking opportunities

Job Details

Overview

Have you ever imagined the world with an infinite amount of storage available and accessible to everyone? A place where everyone in the world can easily access their books/music/photos/video/any data from anywhere at any time via any means (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, PCs, smart devices, etc). Did you ever desire a universally accessible storage system to record all the knowledge known to mankind, to keep all the books/music/videos ever created, or to store all the data collected from all the scientists in the world for them to collaborate upon? Do you want to be part of a team that strives to bring these to reality?

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineering Manager who have a diverse set of skills, in building high impact products and, build productive, diverse and inclusive teams with strong interest in working with helping people grow their careers. The Azure Storage Armada Platform team is building a platform that will power Azure Storage services and provide elasticity and scalability to the services. The Platform is going to support the exponential growth in the coming years and presents many interesting technical problems. 

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or related field.
  • 12+ years technical engineering experience preferably in systems and backend services, with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, C, C++, or Python.
  • Prior people management experience.
  • Experience in building quality products and services preferably in distributed systems, systems programming, and multi-threaded programming.
  • Design and problem-solving skills, with a strong bias for quality and engineering excellence at scale.
  • Demonstrated experience shipping products - on time with high quality.

Other Requirements:

  • 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.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications: 

  • 4+ years of experiences managing a team of engineers by setting clear expectations, keeping team members energized, and delivering great results.
  • Prior hands-on development experience including leading architecture for large scale system (storage, cloud computing) designing, and writing code, experience in coding.
  • Ability to demonstrate empathy for customers using the product.

 

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Responsibilities

  • Manage the team: Attract and retain talent while supporting career development and growth of team members.
  • Own and show strong technical and non-technical leadership in driving the product E2E.
  • Create a team culture of quality first mentality that directly contributes to delivering high quality features and changes as part of the stack.
  • Research and deep dive into technical issues and bring clarity to the team as needed.
  • Own planning and ensure top deliverables are met for the success of Microsoft, Azure Storage, and the team.
  • Contribute to the overall technical direction of Azure storage alongside other managers across geo locations.
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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