Software Engineering Manager (AI-native development)

If you love the pursuit of excellence and are inspired by the challenges that come through driving innovations that impact how the world lives, works and plays, then we invite you to learn more about Microsoft Business Operations (MBO) - and the value we deliver across Microsoft and to our customers and partners. We offer unique opportunities to work on interesting global projects in an environment that appreciates diversity, focuses on talent development and recognizes and rewards great work.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you’ll support, coach, and lead the teams that build and operate the platforms powering how Microsoft does business - growing engineers, driving delivery, and solving complex, high-impact problems at global scale.

Position Description

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of engineers to design, develop, and operate software solutions across a set of products and services, while owning the growth, development, and performance of the people on your team. You will partner with product managers, technical leads, and cross-functional stakeholders to confirm customer and business requirements and guide your team in translating them into secure, reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions.

You will lead the disciplined use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and practices across the software development lifecycle, ensuring your team takes responsibility for the content of its AI-generated artifacts and integrates Responsible AI practices. You will own and lead architecture discussions and complex design reviews, guide test strategy and security testing, manage dependencies across teams, and uphold Microsoft standards of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility. As a people manager, you will model our culture, coach your team, and care for each individual - driving employee growth and development, executing projects, and managing performance.

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

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead across the engineering lifecycle for a set of products and services - guiding your team to design, code, test, deploy, and operate solutions that are secure, reliable, accessible, and maintainable - while delivering success through your people. You will own architecture decisions, drive project planning, lead the disciplined use of AI tools across the development lifecycle, and manage the growth, development, and performance of your engineers.