Senior Software Engineering Manager

at  Microsoft

Microsoft Teams is core to Microsoft’s vision for intelligent communications and productivity pane into modern workplace. We are fast becoming the hub for teamwork in Microsoft 365 with hundreds of thousands of organisations and tens of millions of users across the globe using Teams. Microsoft Teams now has 300+ M monthly active users, cementing it as the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to provide technical leadership and drive implementation of validation gating and support feature flighting across multiple platforms, devices, and operating systems. Our infrastructure allows partner teams to deliver a new feature to millions of users in the order of minutes in an automated fashion. We utilise big data to understand customer usage, enable rapid detection and debugging of issues.
Our culture is inclusive, casual and high energy; our team members come from diverse backgrounds, thrive through teamwork, and are grounded in our customer needs. The team collaboration space is going through rapid growth. People can learn new technologies and grow their career quickly.

About us:

• We’re a savvy group of generalising specialists; we blend years of software engineering expertise with some of the newest and most popular tools, frameworks and methodologies to empower an entire organisation to build great software.
• We love open source, but we’re not dogmatic about technologies – the best tool for the job is always the right tool.
• We pride ourselves in building smart systems and tools which make our fellow engineers more productive every day and enable them to ship high quality code to our customers continuously.
• We use Teams to ship Teams. Our tools are integrated into the product itself.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realise 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• People management experience.
• Experience and knowledge with CI/CD automation products, especially Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Azure cloud platform.
• Knowledge and experience around AI.
  Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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

• You coach teams and drive identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• You coach teams members within the team in producing extensible and maintainable code.
• You coach teams and supports partnership with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements within teams.
• You have a strong sense of craftsmanship in the solutions you create and an idea
• You have a history of driving successful cross-organisational initiatives.