Responsibilities
Define technical strategy and lead the delivery of scalable, extensible platforms.
Lead, coach and grow inclusive, self-sufficient engineering teams and develop future leaders.
Own service reliability, performance, security and compliance; champion operational excellence.
Partner across teams to align priorities, manage dependencies and resources, and deliver shared outcomes.
Advance AI-native engineering and automation to improve delivery, quality and operational efficiency.
Communicate strategy, progress, metrics and risks clearly to senior leaders and stakeholders.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
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.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience realizing the potential of AI, with hands-on experience moving an engineering team from AI-augmented to AI-native ways of working and delivering measurable gains in productivity or operational cost.
4+ years of technical management experience.
Experience building and operating secure, compliant, large-scale, distributed, low-latency cloud services across multiple clouds, including sovereign or regulated environments.
Experience owning reliability and latency KPIs/SLOs, with strong live-site, incident management, root-cause analysis and safe-deployment practices.
Experience building self-sufficient teams through effective delegation, clear operating frameworks and structured execution rhythms.
Experience driving clear, timely decisions in complex cross-team situations; influences partners across organizational boundaries and holds them accountable for shared outcomes.
Communicates effectively with senior and executive audiences, and has experience developing managers and building diverse, inclusive, high-performing teams.
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Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
