Principal Group SWE Manager

Principal Group SWE Manager

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Date posted

Oct 17, 2025

Job number

1897751

Work site

3 days / week in-office

Travel

None

Role type

People Manager

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a 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-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications.

The Messaging team in IDC is hiring a Principal Group Software Engineering Manager to lead all our Messaging and Stream Processing initiatives across Azure and Microsoft Fabric. We work on the cutting edge of distributed messaging systems, where milliseconds latency, massive throughput and % service availability aren't tradeoffs – they're all required Our infrastructure must be resilient enough for financial transactions, fast enough for streaming and gaming workloads, and scalable enough to move petabytes of data daily.

As the world becomes fully digital, where data originates everywhere and must be processed instantly, this role offers a unique opportunity to be at the center of that transformation. You'll lead a team of talented engineers responsible for building and operating high-performance messaging and stream-processing systems capable of handling millions of events per second in near real time. Beyond distributed systems, you'll also drive innovative user experiences that make these advanced technologies accessible to less technically savvy users.

This is a highly visible, technically demanding, and strategically critical role, ideal for a leader passionate about building and growing their team while working on distributed systems, scalability, and delivering world-class data platforms.

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 are better served.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years people management experience .

Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• Preferred demonstrated experience building and operating Cloud Services or Distributed Systems.
• Preferred demonstrated experience using or building Stream Processing frameworks like Apache Spark Structured Streaming, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka or similar.
• Preferred demonstrated experience building database systems core components like Storage or Query layers.
• Preferred demonstrated experience building SaaS data processing products.

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Responsibilities

• Coach, care and grow a seasoned team building multiple cloud scale messaging brokers as a whole.
• Create clarity and chart a path on deep technical challenges and schedules.
• Provide technical leadership for identification of dependencies across teams and the development of design documents.
• Build and maintain impactful partnerships, driving collaboration with key partners across the Azure and Microsoft Fabric ecosystems.
• Run cloud services 24/7 that thousands of customers around the world rely for their day to day operations.

Embody our culture and values

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Industry leading healthcare

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Educational resources

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Discounts on products and services

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Savings and investments

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Maternity and paternity leave

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Generous time away

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Giving programs

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Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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