Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate envision what can be and take their careers to levels they cannot achieve anywhere else This is a world of more possibilities more innovation more openness in a cloud-enabled world The Business Industry Copilots group is a rapidly growing organization that is responsible for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 suite of products Power Apps Power Automate Dataverse AI Builder Microsoft Industry Solution and more Microsoft is considered one of the leaders in Software as a Service in the world of business applications and this organization is at the heart of how business applications are designed and delivered This is an exciting time to join our group BIC Customer Experience and work on something highly strategic to Microsoft The goal of the Customer Zero Engineering is to build the next generation of our applications running on Dynamics 365 AI Copilot and several other Microsoft cloud services to drive AI transformation across Marketing Sales Services and Support organizations within Microsoft We innovate quickly and collaborate closely with our partners and customers in an agile high-energy environment Leveraging the scalability and value from Azure Power Platform we ensure our solutions are robust and efficient Our organizations implementation acts as reference architecture for large companies and helps drive product capabilities If the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse engineering team on enabling end-to-end business scenarios using cutting-edge technologies and to solve challenging problems for large scale 24x7 business SaaS applications excite you please come and talk to us We are hiring a passionate Principal SW Engineering Manager to lead a team of highly motivated and talented software developers building highly scalable data platforms and deliver services and experiences for empowering Microsofts customer seller and partner ecosystem to be successful This is a unique opportunity to use your leadership skills and experience in building core technologies that will directly affect the future of Microsoft on the cloud In this position you will be part of a fun-loving diverse team that seeks challenges loves learning and values teamwork You will collaborate with team members and partners to build high-quality and innovative data platforms with full stack data solutions using latest technologies in a dynamic and agile environment and have opportunities to anticipate future technical needs of the team and provide technical leadership to keep raising the bar for our competition Responsibilities As a leader of the engineering team you will be responsible for the following Build and lead a world class data engineering team Passionate about technology and obsessed about customer needs Champion data-driven decisions for features identification prioritization and delivery Managing multiple projects including timelines customer interaction feature tradeoffs etc Delivering on an ambitious product and services roadmap including building new services on top of vast amount data collected by our batch and near real time data engines Design and architect internet scale and reliable services Communicate effectively and build relationship with our partner teams and stakeholders Help shape our long-term architecture and technology choices across the full client and services stack Understand the talent needs of the team and help recruit new talent Mentoring and growing other engineers to bring in efficiency and better productivity Experiment with and recommend new technologies that simplify or improve the tech stack Work to help build an inclusive working environment Qualifications Basic Qualifications Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field 12 years of experience of building enterprise scale software solutions 3 years of management experience leading a high-performance engineering team Strong track record of designing and delivering distributed systems on cloud platforms i e Azure AWS in a continuous delivery environment Demonstrated ability on designing micro-services and highly performant scalable systems Must be able to plan work and work to a plan adapting as necessary in a rapidly evolving environment Strong communication skills and proficiency with executive communications Demonstrated ability to effectively lead influence and operate in cross-functional global organization Preferred Qualifications Prior experience as an engineering site leader is highly desirable Proven track record of recruiting and scaling engineering organizations effectively Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership to teams with experience delivering enterprise-scale projects Familiarity with or experience working on CRM platforms such as Dynamics 365 is a strong advantage Knowledge of or previous experience in building Generative AI or Co-pilot experiences is highly valued Microsoft is an equal opportunity 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