Microsoft · 3 days ago
Principal Software Engineering Manager - CoreAI
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate and envision what can be. The Principal Software Engineering Manager - CoreAI will lead a team of software engineers to build customer-facing AI services with a focus on scalable architecture and high performance.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Lead a team of software engineers, hiring, growing, and upskilling their talent
Review the design and code artifacts that make up large-scale distributed cloud services and solutions with a focus on high availability, scalability, robustness, and observability
Lead project development across the organization and work with subject matter experts and stakeholders to drive development and release plans
Ensure systems owned by the team meet business requirements and service KPIs
Take end-to-end responsibility for the development lifecycle and production readiness of the services the team builds and drive the team’s DevOps culture
Ensure the team follows best practices of modern software engineering through code and design reviews and take effective service decisions based on data and telemetry
Understand Microsoft businesses and collaborate with stakeholders towards cohesive, end-to-end experiences for Microsoft customers
Embrace a growth mindset and stay up to date with the current and state-of-the-art technologies to improve customer experience and better serve the product’s business needs
Qualification
Required
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
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
5+ years of directly managing software engineers building backend services, cloud infrastructure, or platforms
5+ years technical engineering experience designing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and distributed systems
4+ years of technical engineering experience with machine learning model infrastructure, hosting, and operations
Ability to navigate the company and influence and inspire peers in engineering and broad product development
Demonstrate depth of knowledge and understanding of software architecture, design tradeoffs, and practices of mature DevOps culture
Track record of pursuing and delivering innovative insights that translate to value generation
Company
Microsoft
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