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Principal software engineering manager

Microsoft
Software engineering manager
€125,000 - €150,000 a year
Posted: 30 May
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We are seeking a visionary and technically strong Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact team within Azure, responsible for building and scaling Supercomputing storage and archival solutions. This role is pivotal in shaping the future of storage infrastructure that powers mission-critical workloads for some of Microsoft’s largest customers in the UK and beyond.

As a Principal Software Engineering Manager you will lead and grow a team of engineers focused on designing and delivering massively distributed storage systems. Architect and implement storage solutions that scale from hundreds of petabytes to exabyte-scale, supporting the most demanding supercomputing scenarios. Drive innovation using cutting-edge technologies in storage, networking, and compute to meet the performance, durability, and scalability needs of next-generation workloads. Collaborate closely with Compute, Networking, and Hardware teams to deliver integrated solutions for HPC workloads. Ensure high availability and resilience for storage systems that underpin mission-critical services.

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.

Responsibilities


* Guides partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., product manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams.
* Work closely with customer to learn about their use cases, scenarios and help shape the product offering.
* Guides teams and leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
* Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
* Guides team to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers).
* 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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Golang or Python
o OR equivalent experience.
* High proficiency in public cloud based distributed systems.
* Experience in Kubernetes, Docker or other containerization technologies.
* Experience in people management, managing a team of engineers building highly available 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:
o Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
o The successful candidate must have or be able to obtain the Security Check (SC) clearance as issued by the United Kingdom Security Vetting Unit (UKSV).
Preferred Qualifications

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
o OR related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Golang or Python
o OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Golang or Python
o OR equivalent experience.
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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.


Seniority level

* Seniority level

Not Applicable


Employment type

* Employment type

Full-time


Job function

* Job function

Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries

Software Development

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