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Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft

$139,900 - $304,200
Oct 10, 2025
Remote, US
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The Azure Storage team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer Manager to build, manage, and run the persistent cloud storage for Microsoft Azure. This role involves architecting and optimizing a world-class distributed file system, focusing on the next generation storage platform built on storage servers with Data Processing Units (DPU). The goal is to ensure high availability, reliability, durability, and cost efficiencies for a hyperscale storage system that hosts data for major companies and Microsoft's online businesses.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in Storage or File-Systems, Distributed Systems, Networking, Operating Systems, and/or Applications at scale.
  • coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • solid foundation in data structures and algorithms, with problem solving, debugging and analytical skills.
  • experience in Storage or File-Systems
  • Distributed Systems
  • Networking
  • Operating Systems

Responsibilities

  • Defines the strategy, designs/develops products and builds & grows the team.
  • Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
  • Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
  • Provides technical leadership for the team as well as partners.
  • Drive product roadmap and execution with clarity, including translating abstract problem statement into a high-quality product strategy and design
  • engineering the lowest most fundamental layers of the Azure storage service.
  • working on the next generation storage platform being built on storage servers with Data Processing Units (DPU).

Other

  • Role type: People Manager
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • 4+ years people management experience.
  • The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year.