Software Engineer Manager

Join the team that sustains Azure's global server infrastructure, driving innovation and operational excellence to support one of the world's leading cloud platforms. Within Azure Core Microsoft Capacity Infrastructure Services (MCIS) Decommission, we play a vital role in the modernization and health of Azure's server fleet. By safely and efficiently retiring legacy servers, we help ensure that Microsoft's cloud services continue to deliver reliable and high-performance experiences to customers worldwide.

Our work involves close coordination with backend and infrastructure teams to transition workloads to newer, more efficient hardware. We collaborate with backend service teams to release control of outdated systems and partner with datacenter teams to ensure compliant removal from facilities. This process is essential to Azure's evolution and contributes meaningfully to the sustainability and agility of Microsoft's cloud infrastructure.

As a Software Engineer Manager in Azure Core MCIS, you will lead a skilled team focused on maintaining the operational efficiency of our server fleet. This role offers the opportunity to shape your team's impact on the reliability and scalability of Azure services while growing your technical and leadership capabilities. You will foster innovation, build a high-performing team culture, and deliver results aligned with strategic goals. Flexible work arrangements, including remote options, are available.

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:

• Coaches and supports partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within teams.
• Coaches teams and drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Coaches team members within the team in producing extensible and maintainable code.
• Coaches team to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers).
• Coaches others and acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers across products, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.
• Other Embody our culture and values

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ year(s) of experience in Software development, Testing and Technical design skills.
• 4 + year(s) working with or developing software for distributed systems and scalable cloud environments, and familiarity with client/server API designs.
• 1+ year(s) people management 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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
  • OR related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,
  • OR Python
  • OR Master'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.
• 2+ years people management experience.

Software Engineering M4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 24, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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