Principal Software Engineering Manager

Are you interested in distributed systems, infrastructure services, massive scalability, and quality? Are you interested in solving the challenges of Cloud-scale Storage that supports the newest AI workloads? Are you excited about being at the forefront of cloud storage innovation?

The Azure Storage Data Management team is looking for a talented Principal Software Engineering Manager responsible for leading geographically distributed teams that are focused on revolutionizing how data is managed and accessed globally. In this role, you will be immersed in cutting-edge technology, tackling diverse challenges, and driving innovation that impacts businesses and individuals worldwide.

With a focus on reliability, performance, and scale, we're reshaping the future of cloud storage Data Management, and we want you to contribute with your skills and knowledge to our mission. Our team is chartered with building capabilities for embedding GenAI in data governance and management process, while also using dedicate data management solutions to facilitate data processing and data management for models/training. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, gain deep expertise in cloud storage technologies, and make a significant impact on a globally recognized platform.


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.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.  
• 3+ years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.

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. 

• 5+ years of industry software engineering experiences, including delivering highly available cloud-based services and platforms with a passion for customer satisfaction, engineering excellence, and innovation.
• 4+ years of experience in managing a team of engineers by setting clear expectations, keeping team members energized, and delivering great results with deep technical expertise in storage, big data, data management, or related domains.
• 1+ year(s) prior hands-on development experience including leading architecture for large scale system (storage, cloud computing) designing, and writing code, experience in coding in C++ or C OR  experience building applications on the Azure platform.

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 - $304,200 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 13, 2025.

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• Attract, retain, and lead geographically distributed teams of talented software engineers building highly scalable distributed services and infrastructure services.
• Guides partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams.
• Guides teams and leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Researches and does not hesitate to dive deeper into technical issues to bring clarity to the team as needed.
• Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Guides team and acts as an expert for Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and monitors other engineers across product lines, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Leads product development and scaling to customer requirements and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations and holds accountability for products that do not meet expectations.