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.
Current M2s and M1.5s with past experience of managing Engineering leads preferred.
Exceptional teamwork and values that foster a positive team culture.
Experience in collaborating with teams across different time zones and geographies.
Experience driving strategy, roadmap and business vision across product groups and business units.
Experience in leading and coaching teams of Engineering managers providing expert guidance, hands-on assistance, best practices, and training.
Solid and applied knowledge of service infrastructure, frameworks, and technologies such as Azure Cloud Services, Azure Service Fabric, ASP.NET Core 2, .Net Framework, NuGet packages, and Git.
Knowledge of common services design patterns and application development best practices
Demonstrated ability to ramp up on both new and legacy technologies.
Proven ability to work through the full DevOps lifecycle from initial design to final product to live site support.
Proven fundamental understanding of how to deliver end-to-end scenarios with security, reliability, and engineering quality in mind.
Ability to learn and work effectively in a highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Overall 15+ years of experience working on large scale services, with atleast 7+ years in people leadership role.
Past experience working with App Stores, developers, submitting apps to Apple AppStore, Google Playstore, STEAM will be great to have.
Experience of engaging deeply with developers and customers and the community to influence technical decision-making.
Proficiency in Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) and accelerate Product development.
Knowledge of the latest data storage, analysis, and visualization systems (CosmosDB, PowerBI).
Knowledge of specific technologies such as Azure Cloud Services, Azure Service Fabric, ASP.NET Core 2, .Net Framework, NuGet packages, Git, Service Bus, Event Hub, Data Factory, Tables/Queues/Blobs, SQL, Key Vault, Application Insights nice to have
Responsibilities
You will be a highly technical and experienced cloud services GEM who determines the right strategy and roadmap to grow the developer ecosystem on Windows and Microsoft Store!
You will work closely with Engineering managers and ICs to build services to support Store developer experiences leveraging MCP and Agentic AI.
You will be a solid people manager who is committed to creating clarity, generating energy, and delivering success.
As a people manager, you will deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.
You will provide direction to the team through breaking down service specs and architecture, and work across multiple disciplines to make implementation decisions.
In your role you will work with peers across Product management and software engineering to launch new experiences that integrate with existing systems.
We welcome your innovative ideas and fresh perspectives to strengthen our growth mindset culture that is grounded in customer obsession, and diversity and inclusion.