Senior Software Engineering Manager

1 Month ago • 12-18 Years • DevOps

Job Summary

Job Description

This senior software engineering manager role at Microsoft's Azure Core Compute team focuses on designing, building, and operating Azure's host networking layers. The successful candidate will lead a team of engineers, resolving complex technical problems in SDN and host networking. Responsibilities include attracting and retaining talent, ensuring product quality and performance, collaborating with partner teams, and driving innovation in cloud infrastructure. The role requires deep technical expertise in networking, distributed systems, and network virtualization, and a proven track record of leading large development teams. This is a high-visibility position within a rapidly expanding area of investment for Azure, offering significant opportunities for innovation and growth.
Must have:
  • 12+ years technical engineering experience
  • 3+ years leading large development teams
  • 6+ years experience in networking, distributed systems
  • Experience in SDN and host networking
  • High quality standards and customer obsession
Good to have:
  • Experience with DPDK, SmartNICs, virtual switch
  • Technical skills in driving design and architecture
  • People management experience

Job Details

Overview

Do you love to work on the latest technologies? Are you looking to make a real difference in Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization to achieve more, with the power of cloud computing? Do you want to work at the forefront of Cloud Computing to design, deliver & operate cloud-scale systems that are the foundation of the World’s Computer which is Azure? Do you want to be part of a highly motivated and passionate team that works together to do what it takes for our customers to be successful while having fun and learning along the way?


Azure Core is Azure's most profitable business and growing incredibly fast! We, the Azure Core Compute team in IDC, pride ourselves in working without boundaries to deliver the cloud platform capable of running any workload. And we mean ANY! Think of any large Microsoft service; Teams, Bing, Exchange, Xbox, SQL Azure, Office 365, HDInsight, COSMOS DB…. Or customers such as Accenture, Adobe, Walgreens, Walmart and the multitude of the large/medium/small shopping, banking, finance, gaming, logistics, enterprises, data analytics/management, storage services of the world. They run on the infrastructure we build.

We are a fast-growing team of highly motivated engineers working on solving the next big problem in the cloud. We pride ourselves on working without boundaries and stretching the limits to deliver the next big improvement in cloud architecture, fundamentals, data center management and delivering the next big innovation in the cloud.

We are looking for an Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of talented engineers to design, build and operate Azure Host Networking layers.  If you are an experienced engineering lead with a track record of delivering high quality services, passion to build and grow people, and excitement to operate in a fast-paced culture while delivering services with enterprise level maturity, this is a great opportunity for you to take the next step in your career.

This is a high visibility position in an area of large and expanding investment for Azure and offers a terrific opportunity to innovate, influence, transform, and grow!

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 Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of experience in leading large develop teams to achieve complex goals on time and within budget to drive innovation with customer obsession.
  • 6+ years of experience in networking, distributed systems and network virtualization, and passion for high quality standards.

Other Qualifications:

  • 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR 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 equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years People management experience.
  • Exposure to datapath technologies / layers such as DPDK, Classical NICs, SmartNICs, virtual Switch, networking protocols.
  • Technical skills in Driving Design and Architecture with cross product and services dependencies.

Note : By applying to this role, you will be considered for additional roles with similar qualification.

 

 

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Responsibilities

  • Own the efforts to resolve some of the technically deepest problems in the SDN (Software Defined Networking) and host networking areas.
  • Follow the latest developments in technology, work with consortiums/forums in the industry actively, and help our cloud infrastructure evolve towards the next big growth and innovate.
  • Collaborate with different partner teams and counterparts in different geographies to meet the goals of the organization.
  • Attract and retain talent while supporting career development and growth of team members.
  • Own the quality and performance of the product and drive the efforts to achieve high standards and to retain it consistently.
  • Leverage subject-matter expertise of product features and partner with appropriate stakeholders to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
  • Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
  • Participate in architecture and design of various components with developers and ensure a timely execution of the features with high quality.

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