Job Details
Posted date: Nov 26, 2025
There have been 8 jobs posted with the title of Principal Engineer Manager all time at Microsoft.Category: Software Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $222,050
Range: $139,900 - $304,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: People Manager
Description
OverviewWould 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.
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 learningServe 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.
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 productionOther 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 infrastructureSystem-level application design and developmentPerformance tuningTelemetry design and analysis #azurecorejobs
Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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