Principal Software Engineering Manager

This hybrid position is located at the Microsoft office in Redmond, Washington.

Compensation:

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and scale a team of 8–10 high-performing software engineers.
• Hire, mentor, coach, and retain top technical talent.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership in architecture, design, development, code reviews, and quality assurance.
• Ensure operational excellence and live-site reliability.
• Own and evolve large-scale authorization systems with a focus on security and resiliency.
• Partner with Product Management to deliver short-term goals and long-term business objectives.
• Drive cross-team collaboration across Microsoft partner groups.
• Foster an inclusive, healthy, and high-trust team culture.
• Champion Microsoft values and engineering best practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• 4+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, highly available cloud services or distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience managing software engineering teams.