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Principal Software Engineering Manager

Principal Software Engineering Manager

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10 years

1 - 6 Lacs

Hyderābād

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Work Mode

Remote

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Principal Software Engineering Manager

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Date posted

Jun 25, 2025

Job number

1835848

Work site

Up to 50% work from home

Travel

None

Role type

People Manager

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

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 Engineering Manager 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.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience in C#, Azure and Cloud Technologies.

3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams.
Experience with large scale services architectures and technologies
Experience building solutions with Azure is a plus (Cosmos DB, Azure Tables, Service Fabric, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, AppInsights, AAD, Pipelines) is a plus
Demonstrated engineering leadership and experience in building and managing diverse and inclusive teams.
Proven design and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on quality and engineering excellence.
Demonstrated experience leading and growing team
Demonstrated experience in collaborating with geographically distributed partner teams
Proven communication skills, both verbal and written.
BS in Computer Science or equivalent preferred.

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

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOP)

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Responsibilities

• Guides partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams.

Guides teams and leads 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).
Guides team to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers).
Guides team and acts as an expert for Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and monitors other engineers across product lines, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
Leads product development and scaling to customer requirements and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations and holds accountability for products that do not meet expectations.
Modeling, coaching, and caring for employees and peers, helping everyone bring their best self to work and continue to grow in their careers, as you grow in yours.
Promote cross group collaboration, working across boundaries and building partnerships with stakeholder teams to achieve consensus and best customer outcome.
Lead by example, engage in discussions on the architecture of products or solutions, and apply engineering principles to establish robust and maintainable architecture and designs.
Driving engineering improvements and rigor within the team as well as with stakeholders.

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.

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Industry leading healthcare

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Discounts on products and services

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Savings and investments

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Maternity and paternity leave

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Generous time away

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Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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