Principal Software Engineering Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 7, 2026. Microsoft scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 Microsoft Fabric, the Real-Time Intelligence team enables organizations to act on data as it happens. By combining real-time ingestion, streaming, event processing, and observability signals, the team delivers capabilities that help customers detect patterns, respond to events, and drive immediate action. These experiences are tightly integrated into Fabric to support modern applications and operational decision-making in real time.
The Messaging team in IDC is hiring a Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead our Fabric Event Stream capabilities in IDC. We work on the cutting edge of distributed messaging systems, where milliseconds latency, massive throughput and 99.999+% service availability aren’t tradeoffs - they’re all required! Our infrastructure must be resilient enough for financial transactions, fast enough for streaming and gaming workloads, and scalable enough to move petabytes of data daily.
As the world becomes fully digital, where data originates everywhere and must be processed instantly, this role offers a unique opportunity to be at the center of that transformation. You’ll lead a team of talented engineers responsible for building and operating high-performance messaging and stream-processing systems capable of handling millions of events per second in near real time. Beyond distributed systems, you’ll also drive innovative user experiences that make these advanced technologies accessible to less technically savvy users.
This is a highly visible, technical and strategically critical role, ideal for a leader passionate about building and growing their team while working on distributed systems, scalability, and delivering world-class data platforms.
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
Coach, care and grow a feature team building functionality for Stream Processing in a SaaS application
- Create clarity and chart a path on deep technical challenges and schedules
- Provide technical leadership for identification of dependencies across teams and the development of design documents
- Build and maintain impactful partnerships, driving collaboration with key partners across the Azure and Microsoft Fabric ecosystems
- Run cloud services 24/7 that thousands of customers around the world rely for their day to day operations
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years people management experience .
Job Requirements: Other & Additional
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
- Preferred demonstrated experience building and operating Cloud Services or Distributed Systems
- Preferred demonstrated experience using or building Stream Processing frameworks like Apache Spark Structured Streaming, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka or similar
- Preferred demonstrated experience building database systems core components like Storage or Query layers.
- Preferred demonstrated experience building SaaS data processing products .
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.