Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Redmond, WA
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Aug 13, 2026
Redmond, WA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering leadership role responsible for setting multi-year technical strategy for a large-scale observability and telemetry platform within Azure Data. The position manages other engineering managers and senior/principal engineers, owns production reliability and live-site health, and drives cross-organizational initiatives around scale, cost, and security. Best suited to a seasoned engineering leader with a background in distributed systems and cloud platform operations.
Principal level · 6+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 15, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
Location is not stated in the posting; the Azure Data context strongly implies Microsoft, but no city, region, or remote policy is specified — CBSA and state are left blank.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in CS or related field with 6+ years of experience, but the posting explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' as an alternative, so no hard degree gate is set.
The coding languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python) are listed as examples ('including, but not limited to'), so C is used as the primary skill name with the others as alternatives.
Observability/monitoring (metrics, logs, tracing) is explicitly flagged as 'helpful' in the posting, placing it in the preferred category.
This is clearly a people-management role — leading other engineering managers and senior/principal engineers — mapped to 11-3021. The scope (multi-year platform direction, cross-org influence, management bench-building) supports a Principal-level band despite no explicit level in the title.
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