Principal Software Engineer Manager

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the Messaging and Real-Time Analytics team delivers platforms that help customers transform raw, high-volume, real-time signals into actionable intelligence. From observability to mission-critical decisioning, we provide solutions that enable enterprises to operate with agility, insight, and competitive advantage.

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer Manager to lead one of our Stream Analytics backend teams. This team owns the Azure Stream Analytics input/output adapters, a critical component that powers both Azure Stream Analytics, a fully managed, real-time analytics service, and Eventstream in Microsoft Fabric, the unified, next-generation real-time intelligence experience. Together, these technologies enable seamless data movement and processing, making real-time insights accessible across the Fabric ecosystem and beyond.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Responsibilities:

• Leading and developing a team of 8+ engineers to deliver high-impact projects on time with quality.
• Providing technical insight on architecture, design, code reviews, development, quality, and livesite management.
• Partnering with peer teams to collaboratively deliver impact.
• Embraces the values of Microsoft through coaching and collaboration.

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications:

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 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.
• 2+ years 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/Additional Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing high scale, distributed systems on a cloud platform.
• 3+ years of mentoring and coaching other software engineers.
• Familiarity with real time data streaming or database technologies like Azure Stream Analytics, Kafka,
  
  Flink or SQL.
• Good communication, collaboration, and planning skills with demonstrated commitment to the success
  
  of others.
• Desire to manage diverse, inclusive, and collaborative software teams.
• Proficient design, implementation, and communication skills.

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 25, 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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