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.​ ​​We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic Principal Software Engineering Manager with strong background in systems design/databases to lead Azure CosmosDB for MongoDB / Azure CosmosDB for PostgreSQL team. As engineering leader, you will be managing a highly talented software engineering team in the Relational (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (Mongo) space, helping team deliver features spanning the query engine, index structures and storage layouts. We’re looking for someone who has demonstrated history of solving hard technical problems, is motivated to take initiative and help the team deliver fast for the entire product lifecycle. ​​ 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** ​​• Lead, coach, and build a diverse, inclusive, high-performing team where all team members can do their best work.  Create robust career development plans to help team members grow.  • Work with product, design and other stakeholders for understanding of requirements and turn them into architectural and design plans with implementation roadmap. • Foster and develop talented engineers capable of developing and running scalable, reliable, maintainable services.    • Architect, develop, and sustain large scale distributed platform services. • Provide hands-on technical leadership: software design and development, coding, debugging complex issues, prototyping new features and reviewing code for quality.  • Keep a focus on the usage/metrics of the owned services and be super customer focused. • Help the team plan and execute technical deliverables.​ Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) **Qualifications** **Required** **/Minimum** **Qualifications** ​​• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python ○ OR equivalent experience. • 3+ years of experience in people management, demonstrating the ability to lead and influence across teams. • Experience in developing and operating large-scale backend services.  **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** ​​• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python ○ OR Master'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. • 4+ years of experience in people management, demonstrating the ability to lead and influence across teams. • Experience with design, implementation in Azure Databases or equivalent technology stack in other cloud providers. • Experience contributing to any existing OSS like PostgreSQL/ MongoDB /Cassandra is a huge plus. \#azdat \#azuredata ​​\#cosmosdb​ Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .