SENIOR SOFTWARE ENG MGR

Microsoft is a global technology company that develops Azure DevOps, a suite of services providing work planning, repos, CI/CD, and test management solutions.
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Staff Software Engineer
Hybrid
10+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Description For SENIOR SOFTWARE ENG MGR

Microsoft's Azure DevOps team is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead their India-based team. This role is crucial in ensuring Azure DevOps continues to be the solution of choice for millions of engineers, including Microsoft's largest customers and internal teams. The position offers a unique opportunity to impact developer productivity at scale, working on services that provide work planning, repos, CI/CD, and test management.

The role combines technical leadership with people management, requiring extensive experience in cloud services and software development. You'll be responsible for a team that ensures Azure DevOps remains always available, reliable, and responsive, while building new features to enhance performance, scalability, and compliance. The position offers a hybrid work environment with up to 50% work from home flexibility.

As an Engineering Manager, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, set technical direction, and foster a culture of customer obsession and continuous improvement. The role requires strong technical expertise in cloud services, development technologies like C#/Java/SQL, and experience with distributed systems at scale. You'll be working with a distributed team, making communication skills particularly crucial.

Microsoft offers comprehensive benefits including industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, parental leave, and investment opportunities. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced technical leaders who want to multiply their impact by helping millions of Azure developers achieve greater productivity. The role combines technical challenges of large-scale cloud services with the opportunity to grow and mentor engineering talent.

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Responsibilities For SENIOR SOFTWARE ENG MGR

  • Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership to guide team priorities
  • Set technical direction and execute on strategy
  • Nurture team culture of customer obsession and continuous improvement
  • Manage and grow diverse team of engineers building performant, scalable services
  • Lead team in adopting new technologies, tools and practices
  • Work with partners across Microsoft on cross team initiatives

Requirements For SENIOR SOFTWARE ENG MGR

Java
JavaScript
React
  • 10+ years professional software development with C#/C++/Java, SQL, HTML5/JavaScript/React or ASP.NET
  • 8+ years experience building and running Cloud Services at large scale
  • 3+ years experience leading, mentoring and managing teams of software engineers
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills
  • Experience with CI/CD paradigms (preferred)
  • Familiarity with SQL databases and NoSQL document stores
  • Troubleshooting skills across network, application, caching, queuing, load-balancing storage and distributed services layers
  • Experience using and contributing to Open Source or Inner Source

Benefits For SENIOR SOFTWARE ENG MGR

Medical Insurance
Education Budget
Parental Leave
  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Opportunities to network and connect

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