Job Description

Overview

Core Services Infrastructure and Security team in Microsoft Teams provides the foundational infrastructure, network, security, monitoring and governance to run planet scale distributed systems and microservices architecture that powers Microsoft Teams. Security and Reliability are at the heart of what this team aspires to do day in and day out.

As a Principal Software Engineering Manager in Teams Core Services Infrastructure and Security team you will be responsible for the front door, routing, gateway, CDN, DNS and Network layers for the microservices powering Microsoft Teams. This opportunity will allow you to hone your skills in improving the reliability of such mission critical layers investing in active-active architectures at every possible level, improve your security acumen working with experts in the space and become adept at troubleshooting and securing the network layer.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor'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.
• 5+ years  of  experience managing backend engineering teams and  s trong fundamentals on  areas like  TCP/IP concepts, load balancing, CDN, ACL, routing, TLS , Cert ificate Life cycle management , IP network analysis and performance and application issues using standard tools.
• 2+ years  of  exp erience  hand ling security issues for large scale cloud services ,  network infrastructures ,  native applications, web applications, distributed and database systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science  OR related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript,
  • OR Python
  • OR Master'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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional collaboration across multiple engineering organizations with strong incident response and ability to drive technical decisions in ambiguous environments.
• Experience with Network security, Network troubleshooting, Cloud Security, Security Policy management and Certificate lifecycle management
• Knowledge of Cloud Infrastructure services or 'Infrastructure as a Service [IaaS]' which delivers computer infrastructure, typically a platform virtualization environment as a service.
• Knowledge of automation technologies, leveraging AI for productivity improvements, methods, and processes used for quality and cost improvements.
• Experience managing horizontal initiatives/programs that span multiple teams/services

Software Engineering M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 3, 2025.

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Responsibilities

• Oversees partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams for multiple solutions or product lines.
• Oversees teams and provides technical leadership for 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).
• Oversees teams to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) across products.
• Leads the resolution of complex site incidents and oversees for Designated Responsible Individuals (DRI) and directs the work of other engineers across product lines.
• Keeps informed of and communicates new security and reliability standards to ensure that the service development applies best practices and holds accountability for services that do not meet expectations.
• Embody our  culture and  values

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

 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

Job Tags

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