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Principal Software Engineering Manager - Linux Performance

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering, Other Engineering
Posted on Dec 13, 2024

Principal Software Engineering Manager - Linux Performance

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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Date posted
Aug 07, 2024
Job number
1750525
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
People Manager
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Azure is the world’s leading cloud offering, trusted by hundreds of millions of users worldwide. The Azure platform needs to meet the performance demands of Azure, Microsoft's cloud services, and server application developers. The Azure and Edge Performance team works on the performance of core Azure components and services. We are responsible for understanding and improving performance end-to-end to help product teams reach performance and efficiency goals for key Azure scenarios.
We are looking for a software engineering manager who is skilled and enthusiastic about leading a strong engineering team. The team will carry out automation and infrastructure development and conduct experiments to provide performance coverage and analysis of workloads and scenarios in the cloud. You will lead our Azure Edge and Platform Performance team and face exciting challenges. The position provides opportunities to make an impact on high-growth areas critical for Microsoft, to learn about cloud services and infrastructure, operating systems, performance engineering methodology, workload design and implementation, project management across teams, and building a strong engineering team.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.

Qualifications

Required qualifications

  • Computer Science BS/MS degree OR related technical field with programming in languages such as, but not limited to, C, C++, C#
  • 12+ years of software development experience
  • 3+ years of experience of hiring, team building and people management.
  • Experience developing on and for Linux
  • Experience in project planning, execution and management in collaboration with stakeholders


Preferred qualifications :

  • Ability to lead and collaborate with teams in different locations and build new teams from the ground up
  • Experience with industry-standard benchmark software suits such as SPEC and TPC
  • Experience with Linux performance measurements, analysis and tuning, perf, atop, flame graphs
  • Experience with data warehousing, ETL workloads and automation frameworks, dashboards
  • Experience with data science tools and techniques, EDA
  • Experience with developing cloud services in Azure, AWS or GCP

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Responsibilities

  • Influence and align the charter vision by collaborating with partners, product management and engineering teams
  • Building a team of high-caliber Software Engineers, ensuring project and development excellence and technical leadership
  • Defining, enhancing and implementing the next generation of instrumentation, tools and capabilities to generate performance data in cloud environments
  • Partnering with stakeholders to measure, analyze, and optimize platform performance for key cloud scenarios in timely manner and improve operational excellence

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
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.