​​Principal Engineering Manager​

Overview:

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what canbeand take their careersfurther. This is a world ofmorepossibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the skyisthelimitthinkingina 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-timeanalytics,and business intelligence. Theproductsour portfolioincludeMicrosoft 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-firstapplicationsand driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the databases team builds andmaintainsMicrosoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.

The Fabric App Dev team is seeking a Principal Engineering Manager to build and lead a high-impact engineering team from the ground up. This team will own the development of the data app platform on Microsoft Fabric, enabling developers to build, manage, andoperateapplications with simplicity and SaaS-like efficiency.
As the leader of this new team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping theproductvision and technical strategy. You will drive AI-powered innovations toeliminateapp developer bottlenecks, deliver core Fabric App capabilities such asGraphQLAPIs, User Data Functions, and enhance the resiliency and performance of services. Our products span the entire stack-from distributed systems, cloud services, Developer experience toolsprovidingyou the opportunity to influence end-to-end product direction.
This role requires a highly technical leader who can work across organizations, work effectively with the remote leadership, navigate distributed systems, build teams, mentor engineers, and foster a culture of innovation and excellence to amplify their impact.
If you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy building teams, doing something new and want to shape the future of data app development, thisis the role for you!

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 arebetter served.