Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsSoftware Engineering ManagerUnited States, Multiple Locations, Multiple LocationsApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200044157Date postedJul 21, 2026Work site0 days / week in-office – remoteTravelLess than 25%ProfessionSoftware EngineeringDisciplineSoftware EngineeringRole typePeople ManagerEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewOur team helps engineering teams across Microsoft build and operate services on Azure Kubernetes Service with greater speed, security, reliability, and scale. Cloud technology is transforming how every organization builds, runs, and scales digital products. Within Azure, our team focuses on capabilities that make Azure Kubernetes Service easier for Microsoft product teams to adopt and operate. By reducing common infrastructure complexity, we help teams accelerate delivery, strengthen security and compliance, and focus more on the experiences their customers rely on.Our customers are engineering teams across Microsoft. We create reusable capabilities that reduce the operational burden of running large-scale services, so product teams can focus more of their energy on customer-facing innovation. In this role, you will work on Kubernetes, security, distributed systems, reliability, observability, and cloud infrastructure. You will join a talented, diverse, and supportive organization that values learning, technical excellence, thoughtful collaboration, and craftsmanship. We work on complex cloud infrastructure problems with broad impact, and we invest in helping engineers and managers grow while delivering meaningful results for the teams and customers who depend on Microsoft’s cloud. Microsoft engineering teams build services on a secure, scalable Kubernetes platform. 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.ResponsibilitiesGuide engineering direction, make pragmatic architecture decisions, write and review technical designs, and help a team shape the secure, reliable foundation used by product teams across Microsoft.Lead a globally distributed team of software engineers and work closely with partner teams across Azure. You will help define ambiguous problems, align stakeholders on technical direction, own architecture and design discussions, and guide implementation for infrastructure that supports Microsoft services at scale.Help the team apply AI-enabled tools responsibly, in alignment with Responsible AI principles, across the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity, quality, security, and operational agility.Guide engineering practices for maintainable code, design reviews, testing strategies, secure development, CI/CD, safe deployment, telemetry, monitoring, and production operations.Help the team identify dependencies, resolve development blockers, respond to incidents, learn from retrospectives, and continuously improve the reliability, compliance, privacy, and performance of the systems it owns.Be accountable for team health, coaching and performance development, planning, execution, and delivery. You will help engineers grow their careers while building a team that delivers reliable, durable infrastructure at Microsoft scale. QualificationsRequired Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages...