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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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The Principal Software Engineering Manager - GitHub Plan and Track (CoreAI) leads a distributed group of full-stack engineers within the CoreAI team. This leader manages people, drives technical strategy, and oversees the architecture of complex, planetary-scale features. Day-to-day responsibilities include establishing best practices for system reliability, performing proactive code reviews, and identifying technical dependencies to ensure maintainable code. The role requires managing a modern full-stack codebase using Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript, Go, MySQL, and GraphQL. Candidates must possess experience in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. The work focuses on building market-leading services that allow developers to manage work, delegate to Copilot, and collaborate with human and agent teams within a chat surface.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?
Median $215650 from 128 postings across 37 companies.
Drive technical strategy and roadmaps in partnership with Product and Design teams.
Manage and develop a distributed group of full-stack engineers to foster a culture of ownership.
Oversee system architecture for complex features to ensure extensibility, maintainability, and reliability.
Lead the practical adoption of modern AI software development tools to accelerate team iteration.
Maintain high quality standards through technical leadership, proactive code reviews, and robust testing practices.
Contribute to a modern full-stack codebase using Ruby on Rails, React, and TypeScript.
Research new technical approaches and guide their implementation across the distributed engineering team.
Provide mentorship and pairing opportunities to define success for individual and team outcomes.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire and every two years.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 15+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
6+ years of people management experience (preferred).
3+ years of experience leading distributed software engineering teams (preferred).
5+ years of hands-on experience in modern web stacks such as Rails, Go, React, MySQL, and GraphQL (preferred).
Excellent analytical and communication skills with a strong customer focus and data-driven approach (preferred).
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