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Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft

Required Skills

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About the Role

Principal Engineering Manager leading a backend platform team for Viva Engage, responsible for developing core services that power all experiences. Must have 12+ years technical experience managing high-performing engineering teams to deliver highly available products at massive scale.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build, develop, grow and lead a team of high-performing engineers
  • Scale the Engage platform to achieve projected growth and innovate on features
  • Partner with Engineering teams, Product, Data Science stakeholders to drive strategic decisions
  • Provide oversight, accountability, and leadership for technical architecture and decisions
  • Oversee timely delivery of high quality solutions meeting customer needs and product strategy

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience
  • Solid track record of hiring, managing and coaching high performing engineering teams
  • Experience building and shipping production grade products, timely and with high quality
  • Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years

Nice to Have:

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience
  • 4+ years people management experience
  • Experience with Azure cloud offerings such as Azure Postgres, Azure Cosmos DB
  • Experience owning 24x7 cloud services available 99.9% or better

Benefits & Perks

  • Industry leading healthcare