Senior Software Engineering Manager

OverviewJoin the Azure Compute Foundation team, a vibrant group at the heart of Azure Compute. We shape and manage the lifecycles of millions of machines and containers, combining scale with complexity handling. Here, we foster a growth mindset, cultivating an environment where collaboration sparks innovation and drives success.We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer Manager to join our team that provides foundational services for Microsoft Azure. If you are passionate about cloud computing, want to work on a team whose services are indirectly used by all the Azure customers worldwide, and want to play a vital role in the design of mission-critical features of Azure, then we have an excellent opportunity for you.Your role will gain you valuable experience in cloud services, data center networking, monitoring, and security, as well as working with partner teams. We need talents like you to work on control plane services, tooling, and automation. This role also offers great opportunities to work with many partner teams and gain broad exposure to control plane and data plane technologies end-to-end.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.QualificationsRequired Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline Technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experiencePreferred Qualifications: Experience with designing, developing, and operating backend servicesExperience in DevOps to maintain live services and\or application frameworksExperience with cloud services, preferably Azure servicesAnalytical skills with a systematic and structured approach to software designExperience with building highly scalable, reliable servicesOther Requirements: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.#azurecorejobsResponsibilitiesCoaches and supports partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within teams.Coaches teams and drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.Coaches team members within the team in producing extensible and maintainable code.Coaches team to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers).Coaches others and acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers across products, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.Seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.Industry leading healthcareEducational resourcesDiscounts on products and servicesSavings and investmentsMaternity and paternity leaveGenerous time awayGiving programsOpportunities to network and connect