Principal Software Engineering Manager

$137,600 - $294,000/Yr

Microsoft - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

Remote - New York, NY

5,001-10,000 employees

Publishing Industries

About the position

As a Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft, you will lead the development of a buy-side platform that enables advertisers and curators to efficiently access inventory and manage ad campaigns. This role involves making significant technical, operational, and strategic contributions to a real-time platform, focusing on high-scale, high-availability systems. You will mentor engineers, oversee project plans, and ensure the delivery of high-performance systems while fostering a culture of growth and innovation within a globally distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Guide partnership with stakeholders to determine requirements across teams.
• Lead the identification of dependencies and development of design documents for products or services.
• Optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to enhance performance and maintainability.
• Drive project plans and release schedules in coordination with project managers.
• Act as an expert for Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and monitor system performance.
• Lead product development and scaling to meet customer requirements, ensuring accountability for product performance.
• Promote strong engineering practices and mentor engineers in software development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• 4+ years of people management experience.
• 4+ years of experience in C development on Unix environments.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of advertising systems.
• Experience in delivering mission-critical backend systems under tight deadlines.
• Experience with globally distributed systems.
• Familiarity with large scale and low latency systems.
• Strong execution and collaboration skills with global stakeholders.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities