Do you want help lead the cloud workstation revolution? Are you passionate about building great software that is deceptively simple, robust, reliable and fast? The Azure Lab Services team delivers a fast growing, service that helps drive development organizations to move to the cloud by providing a streamlined, self-service, and cost optimized solution. We are looking for a Principal Engineering Manager to help us take the next step in our evolution by delivering a scalable SaaS service that delivers high quality cloud workstations to developers, knowledge workers, and students on-demand. You can find out more about Labs here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/devtest-lab/ and https://labs.azure.com We are passionate about every detail of the end user experience. This includes simplicity of function, performance, reliability and security. The right candidate for this role will be motivated to work with teammates to build great software that meets these challenges at cloud scale
You will be influencing many engineers on the team - those that directly report to you, and cross group, so you will need to create and maintain positive and productive working relationships across teams. You will be working with important customers, contribute to the teams planning. You will have opportunity to handle significant scope with visibility to executives and good career advancement opportunities. We are looking for engineering leaders with experience building large-scale systems, resilient through changes, driving innovation in scale, performance and security. You will lead the design,
10+ years of experience software design and development of scalable software platforms, with at least 5 years in distributed services environment 5+ years' experience in full stack development Mentoring or Manager Experience BS, MS or PhD in Computer science, Electrical Engineering or another technical discipline Preferred Qualifications Passion for customers and ability to crystalize customer requirements into efficient designs Proven track record of designing and delivering complex, scalable and reliable services end to end Passion to mentor and grow the team members Ability to quickly pick up