Own the architecture and evolution of core Teams services, building highly available, lowlatency distributed systems. Stay handson where it matters—deep dives, debugging, and prototypes—while empowering teams to execute independently. Lead, hire, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers; set clear expectations and career paths. Coach senior engineers and tech leads on execution, technical decisionmaking, and delivery excellence.
Responsibilities
Lead design reviews and set standards for reliability, scalability, security, privacy, and performance (SLAs, threat modeling, capacity planning, and performance budgets). Identify and mitigate systemic technical risks; drive simplification to reduce operational load and improve platform sustainability. Build inclusive, highperforming teams with solid ownership, psychological safety, and a bias for engineering excellence. Make AI a first-class production function.
Required 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. 12+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale services, including distributed systems. 12+ years leading engineering teams, with solid hiring, coaching, and delivery outcomes. Proven track record delivering complex backend/platform capabilities in areas such as identity/auth, messaging, media, data platforms, networking, or developer platforms. Solid expertise in system design, architecture, and cloudscale engineering (multiregion deployment, resiliency patterns, and observability). Technical depth in modern backend development (for example: C#, Java, C++, Go), distributed data stores, messaging, and cloud platforms (for example: Azure/AWS/GCP). Experience leading platform, infrastructure, or foundational services in a largescale product organization. Deep knowledge of distributed systems and SRE practices (SLOs/SLIs, incident management, on call health, and operational automation). Demonstrated ability to drive crossorg technical alignment and influence without authority. Solid product mindset—connect platform investments to customer outcomes (quality, performance) and business impact (cost, agility).
Original Posting
This role is sourced from Microsoft. Apply on Microsoft careers page