Principal Software Engineering Manager

OverviewThe Commerce + Ecosystems (C+E) team is working to enable easier experience for customers and partners to grow, as well as to buy and do business with us by delivering a dependable, safe and secure commerce infrastructure. Our Ecosystems team is committed to driving discovery and awareness of Microsoft within our ecosystem of products and services, as well as reaching technical communities around the globe.We are looking to hire an experienced and energetic Principal Software Engineering Manager to join the Customer Experience (CX) / Support Experience Group (SXG) team. We are building the next generation of our applications running on Azure that pull together Dynamics 365, Office 365, and several other Microsoft cloud services to deliver high value, complete, and predictive application scenarios across all devices and form factors. We innovate quickly and collaborate closely with our partners and customers in a very agile, high-energy environment. If the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse engineering team, on enabling end-to-end business scenarios using cutting-edge technologies and to solve challenging problems for large scale 24x7 business SaaS applications excite you, please come and talk to us!This is an opportunity for you to make a broad positive impact, whether you like building appealing user experiences, enjoy solving complex problems, or have a real passion for enabling intricate business processes. Learn together with us how to maintain live site availability for active usage by thousands of customers across the world while rapidly delivering new business scenarios.QualificationsBasic Qualifications:Bachelors in computer science, Engineering, or related technical field.3+ years of managing and leading a team of software developers.10+ years of proven track record for building and shipping production softwarePreferred Qualifications:Master’s+ degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field is a plus.Strong customer empathy and willingness to learn. Commitment to collaboration, teamwork, and ability to deliver via influence.Experience delivering large cross group projects in collaboration with multiple partner teams.Demonstrated ability and experience in the entire product development lifecycle: design, implementation, deployment, and live site support.Great curiosity and willingness to question, undaunted by hard technical problems.Strong collaborator who can clearly explain work, listen to peers and customers, embodies growth mindset, and work effectively cross group and within the team.Background on services and cloud computing a plus.Experience on Microsoft Power Platform is a plus.Prior experience building business-centric web applications and latest web development technologies.Strong problem solving, design, implementation, and communication skills.#CXResponsibilitiesManage a team of 5 to 10 software developers and be a technical and operational leader.Foster and develop talented Engineers capable of developing and running scalable, reliable, maintainable services.Create robust career development plans to help grow team members.Keep a razor focus on the usage/metrics of the owned services and be super customer focus.Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach. Lead, coach, and build a diverse, inclusive, high-performing team where all team members can do their best work.Help the team plan and execute technical deliverables.Collaborate closely with teams within Microsoft to leverage the best technology to advance and support the team’s mission.Bring your curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion to deliver on the promise of technology in a difficult, competitive, and exciting vertical.You will be responsible for the long-term health of your team, hiring and retaining top talent, creating a healthy environment where everyone can do their best work and provide hands on technical leadership as needed, with architecture, design, code reviews, development, quality assurance and live site.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