Developer Experience Engineering Manager | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: CA
Salary: $165,600–$296,400 / yr
Posted: 23 days ago
Closes: Nov 10, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Developer Experience Engineering Manager | Microsoft Careers

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Join our team as a Senior Technical Leader to revolutionize developer experience for large-scale AI Research, overseeing foundational systems like monorepo, CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and developer environments that serve hundreds of engineers. You will define the vision for developer productivity at supercomputing scale, lead a high-performing organization, and drive AI-first development practices. Responsibilities include evolving E2E DevEx platforms, reducing PR lead times, establishing code quality standards, and integrating agentic AI workflows across engineering lifecycles. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience managing teams and as software engineers, with deep expertise in build systems like Bazel, CI/CD, and monorepo management, proven track records in improving developer productivity at scale, and familiarity with AI/ML development workflows.

Skills

CI/CD Bazel monorepo Kubernetes Docker Python Go Terraform AWS GitLab Jenkins GitHub PostgreSQL Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Own and evolve the end-to-end developer experience platform, including monorepo strategy and CI/CD systems.
Drive significant improvements in engineering velocity by reducing pull request lead times and build times.
Establish standards for code quality, testing practices, and release processes to ensure reliability.
Lead the adoption of AI-driven workflows throughout the software development lifecycle.
Build and manage a high-performing team focused on improving developer productivity at scale.

What we're looking for

5+ years managing high-performing engineering teams
Deep expertise in build systems, CI/CD, and monorepo management
Proven track record of improving developer productivity at scale
Experience driving organizational change and adoption of new practices/tools
Strong ability to balance speed, reliability, and standardization

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