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Principal Software Engineering Manager

MicrosoftVisit website ·Posted 1 month ago

Location

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Required Skills

JavaScriptPythonJavaAzurePostgreSQLSQLAIAgilePower BIData Analytics

About the Role

Overview Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging . real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the data integration team builds data gravity on the Microsoft Cloud. Massive volumes of data are generated – not just from transactional systems of record, but also from the world around us.  Our data integration products – Azure Data Factory and Power Query make it easy for customers to bring in, clean, shape, and join data, to extract intelligence.

The Fabric Data Movement team is currently seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their team. This team is in charge of designing, building, and operating a next generation service that transfers large volumes of data from various source systems to target systems with minimal latency while providing a data centric orchestration platform. The team focuses on advanced data movement/replication scenarios while maintaining user-friendly interfaces. Working collaboratively, the team utilizes a range of technologies to deliver high-quality products at a fast pace.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Responsibilities

  • • We are seeking a talented and highly motivated Principal Software Engineer Manager to be leading this change. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who shares our passion for building great software for enterprises and loves mentoring talented engineers. Your responsibilities will include:

  • • Influence and align the product vision by collaborating with customers, partners, product management and engineering teams.

  • • Manage a team of high-caliber Software Engineers, ensuring project and development excellence and technical leadership.

  • • Deliver high quality results with full ownership and take the product to next level.

  • • Own career development of team through active coaching.

  • • Create a strong team culture of engineering excellence, customer passion, collaboration, diversity and inclusion. And of course, having fun too!

  • • Hire and develop the best.

  • • You must be self-driven, curious to learn, proactive, and result-oriented. Join a team of builders and innovators that think outside the box. A team that’s committed to a low operational burden by designing for it. Create a culture that puts work-life balance, personal and professional growth as a principle, not just a goal. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment to deliver world class mission critical systems, this may be the career opportunity for you!

  • Embody our culture and values

    Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications

  • • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 12. years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C.., C., Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • • OR equivalent experience.

  • • Experience in data integration or migrations or ELT or ETL tooling is mandatory

  • • 4. years leading teams delivering complex cross functional features with high business impact.

  • • Working in agile teams with strong customer focus.

  • • Good communication and cross group collaboration skills.

  • • Experience in Azure, Exchange, or other cloud and distributed systems is a big plus. Demonstrated experience leading and growing team

  • Job Requirements: Other . Additional 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.

    Preferred/Additional Qualifications
    Other 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. Preferred/Additional 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 12. years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C.., C., Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • • OR equivalent experience.

  • • Demonstrated experience in building cloud services with multi-tier architecture.

  • • 4. years leading teams delivering complex cross functional features with high business impact.

  • • Experience working in Data domain, dealing with high volumes of data, API traffic, with mindset of security, scalability and performance.

  • Equal Opportunity Employer (EOP) Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (Accessibility . Microsoft Careers).

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

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    This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

    Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about
    requesting accommodations.

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    Someone who has shipped large-scale data integration systems (Kafka, CDC, ETL pipelines) and successfully transitioned from IC to managing 8-12 senior engineers on complex cross-functional features.

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    30 L – ₹50 L per year

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