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As a Group Engineering Manager on the COSMIC team within Microsoft’s M365 Substrate Core organization, you will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for developing and delivering the COSMIC Application Platform, which serves as the customer-facing layer of COSMIC by providing APIs, tooling, and platform capabilities to build and operate geo-scale services. Your daily responsibilities include driving the evolution of the platform to ensure it meets high standards for safety, reliability, and compliance while fostering a culture that embraces Microsoft’s core values. You will collaborate closely with product management and architects to translate priorities into shipped capabilities and work across COSMIC, M365 Core, and Azure to deliver cohesive, high-quality experiences at scale. The role requires expertise in Kubernetes-based systems, distributed computing, security, and experience leading engineering teams through complex technical challenges. This position is pivotal in making COSMIC the default platform for building and running services within Microsoft’s Experience and Devices division, ensuring teams can innovate quickly while the platform manages operational complexities.

Skills

Kubernetes CI/CD Python Go Docker Terraform AWS Azure PostgreSQL Git GitHub Jenkins Prometheus Grafana Ansible JSON YAML REST OAuth OpenAPI

What you'll do

  • Lead multiple engineering teams to deliver COSMIC Application Platform capabilities end-to-end.
  • Own platform evolution by translating priorities into shipped capabilities and balancing short-term delivery with long-term goals.
  • Drive execution across COSMIC organization and partners to ensure cohesive, high-quality platform experiences at scale.
  • Establish and track success metrics for platform adoption, reliability, and developer experience using data-driven approaches.
  • Mentor Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders to build a strong leadership bench within the team.
  • Champion operational excellence by embedding best practices into the platform to reduce toil and improve incident outcomes.

What we're looking for

  • Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for delivering a global-scale Kubernetes-based application platform.
  • Own end-to-end delivery of platform capabilities ensuring reliability and compliance with high safety standards.
  • Translate platform priorities into shipped capabilities while balancing near-term delivery with long-term evolution.
  • Drive execution across teams to deliver cohesive, high-quality platform experiences at scale.
  • Mentor Engineering Managers and senior technical leaders to build a strong leadership bench.

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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