Principal Software Engineering Manager | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

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Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
Closes
Dec 12, 2026
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineering Manager | Microsoft Careers

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As a Principal Software Engineering Manager on Microsoft Teams’ Fundamentals team, you will lead the development of large-scale infrastructure systems that support thousands of Teams developers worldwide. Your day-to-day responsibilities include empowering developers to design and maintain components for the Teams Fundamentals and Engineering Systems infrastructure, collaborating with internal and external partners to architect scalable distributed systems, and leveraging AI to optimize engineering workflows and pipelines. You’ll work closely with other AI teams across Microsoft to share best practices and resources, ensuring that your team’s solutions are cutting-edge and reliable. This role requires extensive experience in system design for large-scale infrastructures, a proven track record of applying AI and machine learning to accelerate software development processes, and the ability to lead high-performing teams while navigating complex organizational dynamics.

Skills

AI Machine_Learning Deep_Learning Natural_Language_Processing Conversational_AI CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Azure Python Java C# SQL PostgreSQL Git Terraform Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Lead large-scale infrastructure systems supporting Teams developers worldwide.
  • Empower developers to design and maintain components for Microsoft Teams infrastructure.
  • Apply AI techniques to optimize experimentation workflows and improve developer experiences.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to architect scalable engineering systems infrastructure.
  • Enable team members to experiment and evaluate new AI-powered feature ideas.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of people management experience building high-performing teams.
  • 5+ years of software development and infrastructure shipping at scale.
  • Extensive experience in designing large-scale distributed systems.
  • Proven ability to apply AI for optimizing engineering workflows.
  • Strong leadership and cross-organizational collaboration skills.
  • Ability to communicate technical details clearly to diverse audiences.

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