Microsoft

Software Engineering Manager

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations

Sponsorship not specified$166k-$296kDetected 19 hours ago

JavaScriptPythonJavaC++C#Distributed SystemsAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDLoad BalancingLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

Within Azure, our team focuses on capabilities that make Azure Kubernetes Service easier for Microsoft product teams to adopt and operate.
In this role, you will work on Kubernetes, security, distributed systems, reliability, observability, and cloud infrastructure.
You will join a talented, diverse, and supportive organization that values learning, technical excellence, thoughtful collaboration, and craftsmanship.

Overview Our team helps engineering teams across Microsoft build and operate services on Azure Kubernetes Service with greater speed, security, reliability, and scale.
Cloud technology is transforming how every organization builds, runs, and scales digital products.
We create reusable capabilities that reduce the operational burden of running large-scale services, so product teams can focus more of their energy on customer-facing innovation.
Microsoft engineering teams build services on a secure, scalable Kubernetes platform.
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.
Guide engineering direction, make pragmatic architecture decisions, write and review technical designs, and help a team shape the secure, reliable foundation used by product teams across Microsoft.
Lead a globally distributed team of software engineers and work closely with partner teams across Azure.
You will help define ambiguous problems, align stakeholders on technical direction, own architecture and design discussions, and guide implementation for infrastructure that supports Microsoft services at scale.
Guide engineering practices for maintainable code, design reviews, testing strategies, secure development, CI/CD, safe deployment, telemetry, monitoring, and production operations.

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

6+ years people management experience.
3+ years of experience with cloud-native technologies such as containers and Kubernetes.
Awareness of, and ability to reason about, modern software and systems architectures, including distributed systems failure modes, microservices, load balancing, queuing, caching, and service reliability patterns.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

Be accountable for team health, coaching and performance development, planning, execution, and delivery.

By reducing common infrastructure complexity, we help teams accelerate delivery, strengthen security and compliance, and focus more on the experiences their customers rely on.
Our customers are engineering teams across Microsoft.
We work on complex cloud infrastructure problems with broad impact, and we invest in helping engineers and managers grow while delivering meaningful results for the teams and customers who depend on Microsoft's cloud.

equal opportunity employer.
If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status

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