Software Engineering Manager @ Microsoft

Responsibilities

We re looking for a Software Engineering Manager who is passionate about building products that power the next generation of services running on Azure . You will be responsible for building and operating Azure Application Gateway WAF product which used by thousands of customers world-wide. You will manage a team of talented software engineers.

If you are an individual contributor currently (with hands-on experience working in distributed scalable cloud computing), and are looking to move to engineering management role, then this is a great opportunity for you to take the next step in your career.

You will also:

• Bring clarity, create energy, and drive results you ll set a vision, rally the team behind it, and deliver for our customers.
• Demonstrate the Microsoft manager attributes of model, coach and care with the engineers on your team, so they all learn, grow and succeed.
• Plan and prioritize work for your team, including collaborating with partner organizations.
• Create an inclusive environment that attracts and retains high-performing engineers.

• 10+ years of Software Development experience building product quality software

• 1+ year of people management experience.
• Demonstrated success growing junior engineers through mentoring, collaboration and coaching
• A minimum of a Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required.
• Strong experience in C#, C++, Golang, gRPC , Linux/Unix systems.
• Strong skills in Distributed systems and building cloud services

• Strong design and coding skills with the ability to pick up new languages, tools and design patterns as needed
• Familiarity with Container platforms and technologies (Docker, Kubernetes etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work effectively both autonomously and in teams to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams across geos.

• Experience dealing with large customer base and partner integration.
• Expertise in automation, monitoring, analytics, large scale fleet management
• Passion for improving and streamlining the engineering process, tools, methodologies to develop and operate services at hyper-scale.
• Familiarity with Application (HTTP, HTTPS), transport security (TCP/UDP, TLS) protocols
• Knowledge of L7 proxy ( nginx , envoy, haproxy ) is a plus

• Contributions to open source software projects is a plus.