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Principal Engineer Manager

Microsoft

Microsoft

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Principal Engineer Manager

Multiple Locations, United States

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Date posted
Oct 30, 2025
Job number
1899178
Work site
0 days / week in-office - remote
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
People Manager
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Would you like to join a team delivering innovative software that powers millions of Microsoft Azure servers worldwide? The Azure Compute Node Services Group manages the lifecycle and operations for Azure servers and virtual machines.


As a Principal Engineer Manager, you will lead a team of engineers focused on building and supporting workflows for Azure servers. This includes working on both Windows and Linux platforms and developing software in Rust for Azure Boost. You will drive the development of solutions that deliver best-in-class performance, reliability, security, availability, serviceability, and supportability.This role offers an opportunity to accelerate your career growth while collaborating with a community of experienced and energized leaders.


Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, Rust, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 1+ years of experience in technical design, problem-solving, and debugging.
  • 1+ years of experience with architecting large system and seeing them to production

Other Qualifications:

  • 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 Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
    • OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C,Rust, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,
    • OR Python
    • OR Master'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.
  • 4+ years people management experience.
  • Operating System and Programming Expertise

    • 1+ years of experience with Linux or Windows operating system internals and kernel development.
    • 1+ years of experience with Rust programming language.
  • System Architecture and Development Skills

    • 1+ years of experience in large-scale system architecture, design, development, testing, and release, including:
      • Cloud infrastructure
      • System-level application design and development
      • Performance tuning
      • Telemetry design and analysis

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Responsibilities

  • Lead technically, raise standards, and maintain a results-driven culture.
  • Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
  • Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
  • Collaborate within Azure to develop platforms for managing and monitoring at scale.
  • Coach and develop engineers at all levels through knowledge sharing and continuous learning
  • Serve as a role model for an open, honest, and inclusive approach to problem-solving.
  • Acts as an expert for Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and monitors other engineers across product lines, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.

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.