Principal Software Engineering Manager
12/5/2025
Lead a team of software engineers to build and operate Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra. Oversee product delivery, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure high-scale, secure, and reliable database capabilities.
Working Hours
40 hours/week
Company Size
10,001+ employees
Language
English
Visa Sponsorship
No
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 databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.
As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of software engineers responsible for building and operating Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, a globally distributed, cloud-native database service. This role combines technical leadership, people management, and strategic execution to deliver high-scale, secure, and reliable database capabilities for enterprise customers.
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.
Responsibilities
Team Leadership & Talent Development
- Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of growth, inclusion, and technical excellence.
- Drive hiring, onboarding, and career development plans aligned with organizational goals.
Product Delivery & Execution
- Own delivery of Cassandra MI roadmap features such as version upgrades, networking enhancements (VPN/VNet), security compliance, and performance optimizations.
- Ensure timely execution of live-site reliability improvements, bug bashes, and operational excellence initiatives.
Technical Strategy
- Define architecture and design patterns for distributed systems, focusing on scalability, observability, and automation.
- Partner with PM and leadership to align technical investments with business priorities.
Operational Excellence
- Oversee incident response and mitigation for production clusters, ensuring SLA compliance and customer satisfaction.
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering systems, CI/CD pipelines, and telemetry.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Azure networking, security, and compliance teams to unblock dependencies and deliver integrated solutions.
- Represent the team in leadership reviews, planning cycles, and customer escalations.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Proven experience managing engineering teams in distributed systems or database services.
- Strong technical depth in Java/C#, cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred), and container orchestration.
- Familiarity with Apache Cassandra internals, networking (VNet, VPN), and security standards.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on technical guidance.
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
- 4+ years people management experience.
- Strong Cloud Computing with Azure
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (Accessibility | Microsoft Careers).
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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