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[Apply on Microsoft’s careers site →](https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393556961364) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Microsoft](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/) / Principal Software Engineering Manager ## Job description ​​Set and communicate the multi-year technical direction for a large-scale observability/telemetry platform, aligning your team's roadmap with Azure Data's reliability, scale, and cost objectives. Lead through other leaders and senior engineers — growing, coaching, and retaining a diverse team, and building the management and technical bench the organization relies on. Own the operational health of high-volume production services, fostering a durable live-site culture where reliability, quality, and customer trust are shared priorities. Advance the security and compliance posture of your services Drive cross-organization initiatives and difficult trade-offs, influencing partner teams and senior stakeholders to deliver outcomes that no single team could achieve alone. - Cultivate an inclusive, engineering-driven environment where people do their best work, learn continuously, and adopt modern practices (including AI-assisted development).​ Embody our culture and values ​​Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.​ Proficiency operating large-scale distributed services or data/telemetry pipelines in production - Demonstrated experience leading live-site/reliability practices for high-availability cloud services - Familiarity with cloud security and compliance programs Experience growing and developing engineering managers and senior/principal engineers Competence partnering across organizational boundaries to deliver shared platform outcomes Working knowledge of observability/monitoring domains (metrics, logs, tracing) is helpful ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 27, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Aug 21, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 1, 2026 - Listed for: 72 days - Location: United States, Washington, Redmond[Apply on Microsoft’s careers site →](https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393556961364) ## Hiring at Microsoft - Open jobs: 2,199 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Jul 10, 2026 [All Microsoft jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Microsoft ### [Backend Engineer II](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/c0bb5c94b2f0cf4a62f6/) United States, Washington, Redmond ### [Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft Robotics](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/116074aea50f3d2ae2ec/) United States, Washington, Redmond ### [Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft Robotics (Platform)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/228f68e26a03dc577984/) United States, Washington, Redmond ### [Multiple Positions (Senior & Principal) - Windows in the Cloud](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/e304f2ab9e110fb71021/) United States, Washington, Redmond ### [Principal Program Manager, Partner Developer Relations - Minecraft](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/eac1bae51a99fda335c8/) United States, Washington, Redmond ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Principal Software Engineer - Performance Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/15a172040fc3cd4de3f4/) JPMorganChase · Palo Alto, CA, United States ### [SR Principal Software Engineer - LLM Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/c9af683aa86a1aa5dbca/) JPMorganChase · Palo Alto, CA, United States ### [Test Engineering - Principal Software Engineer (Hybrid)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/a6c0299a7faa4d42a562/) BAE Systems · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States ### [Test Engineering - Principal Software Engineers (All levels)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/89fc4672c4a67b936ff6/) BAE Systems · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States ### [Principal, Data Engineering](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cargill/jobs/ce457dae46390c3ea5ff/) Cargill · Atlanta, Georgia OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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