​​Principal Group Engineering Manager​

Overview Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what canbeand take their careersfurther. This is a world ofmorepossibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the skyisthelimitthinkingina 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-timeanalytics,and business intelligence.Theproductsour portfolioincludeMicrosoft 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 buildthedata platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-firstapplicationsand driving a data culture. ​​Within Azure Data, the databases team builds andmaintainsMicrosoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.​ ​​​​Azure Cosmos DB is one of the fastest growing Azure services that provides globally distributed, low-latency, massively scalable, multi-model cloud database service. It is designed to enable developers to build planet-scale applications. We are hiring a Principal Group Engineering Manager to join the Azure Cosmos DB team, where you will be working on a large-scale distributed operational database. In this role, you will work with the team on distributed systems problems and technologies todeterminethe future of our planet scale database. ​​ 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 arebetter served. Qualifications Required/MinimumQualifications ​​Bachelor's degree in computer science/Engineering/related fields or equivalent industry experience. 14+ years of software development experience in building and shipping production software or services with code in languages such as C, C++, C# or similar. 5+ yearsof peoplemanagement experience.Goodcommunicationsskills, both verbal and written. ​​Experience with distributed systems or database/operating systemsinternalspreferred.​ Other Requirements Abilityto meet Microsoft,customerand/or government security screening requirementsarerequiredfor this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will berequiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. #azdat #azuredata ​​#cosmosdb​ Responsibilities ​​​​Design,implementand ship distributed database management system offerings effectively providing customer value in terms of security, performance, reliability,usabilityand manageability while ensuring business goals are met. Collaborate effectively with the team, makeappropriate systems tradeoffsin design and implementation, and ensure customer success in their use of the product. Nurture your team to ensure all team members thrive.​​ Embody ourand Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.Industry leading healthcareEducational resourcesDiscounts on products and servicesSavings and investmentsMaternity and paternity leaveGenerous time awayGiving programsOpportunities to network and connect