Microsoft Principal Software Engineering Manager – Azure Storage Armada Platform 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

445568583

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 12+ years technical engineering experience preferably in systems and backend services, with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, C, C++, or Python.
• Prior people management experience.
• Experience in building quality products and services preferably in distributed systems, systems programming, and multi-threaded programming.
• Design and problem-solving skills, with a strong bias for quality and engineering excellence at scale.
• Demonstrated experience shipping products - on time with high quality.

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.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experiences managing a team of engineers by setting clear expectations, keeping team members energized, and delivering great results.
• Prior hands-on development experience including leading architecture for large scale system (storage, cloud computing) designing, and writing code, experience in coding.
• Ability to demonstrate empathy for customers using the product.

• Manage the team: Attract and retain talent while supporting career development and growth of team members.
• Own and show strong technical and non-technical leadership in driving the product E2E.
• Create a team culture of quality first mentality that directly contributes to delivering high quality features and changes as part of the stack.
• Research and deep dive into technical issues and bring clarity to the team as needed.
• Own planning and ensure top deliverables are met for the success of Microsoft, Azure Storage, and the team.
• Contribute to the overall technical direction of Azure storage alongside other managers across geo locations.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate