Principal Software Engineer Manager

The Ranking Service is a scalable and efficient distributed cloud computing platform which executes a collection of machine learned models over a query and document pair to obtain a ranking score for search scenarios in Bing and Office 365.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers to continue driving innovation into the Ranking Service platform and collaborate closely with the Relevance Engineering team to create a state of the art Ranking platform.

We are a part of the Platform team that operates horizontally across different Microsoft products.

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

• Collaborate with partner engineering teams in defining the product service requirements necessary to meet ranking service platform needs.
• Consistently deliver successful designs which meet functional and performance requirements for large scale enterprise solutions.
• Be responsible for the implementation strategy, mitigate risk by prioritizing time-critical tasks first and oversee coding and testing of critical areas of the service.
• Lead key processes such as team and triage meetings, prioritizes work across teams and rebalances priorities to respond to changes
• Manage a team of 4-7 engineers in delivering state of the art features for the ranking service platform.

Other

• Embody our Culture  &  Values 

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in language including, but not limited to, C++
  • OR equivalent experience.
    
• 2+ years people management experience or as a technical lead 

• 4+ years people management experience or as a technical lead 
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languagecoding in language including, but not limited to, C++
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in language including, but not limited to, C++
  • OR equivalent experience.

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 17, 2024. 

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 protec