Senior Software Engineering Manager

Engineering ManagerWe are seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead a team of Site Reliability Engineers responsible for the availability, resiliency, security, and operational excellence of large-scale ad serving systems across hybrid on-premises and Azure environments. In this role, you will guide the design and operation of observability, automation, incident response, scaling, and failover capabilities; drive continuous improvement through blameless postmortems and infrastructure-as-code practices; and partner with machine learning, platform, and engineering teams to improve developer experience and accelerate reliable research-to-production workflows.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.Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.ResponsibilitiesTeam leadership: Lead a team of experienced SREs to ensure uptime, resiliency and fault tolerance of hybrid on-prem and Azure ad serving systemsObservability: Design and help maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to provide real-time visibility into platform performanceAutomation & Tooling: Lead building of automation for deployments, incident response, scaling, and failover in hybrid cloud/on-prem environments.Incident Management: Lead on-call rotations, troubleshoot production issues, conduct blameless postmortems, and drive continuous improvements.Security & Compliance: Ensure data privacy, compliance, and secure operations across serving environments.Collaboration: Partner with ML engineers and platform teams to improve developer experience and accelerate research-to-production workflows.QualificationsRequired Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.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 Qualifications:Master'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 Bachelor'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 managing Linux and open source systems.4+ years people management experience.6+ years experience in monitoring & observability tools (Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, etc.).Experience migrating complex systems from on-prem to public cloudExperience using Infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, Bicep) to manage complex systemsKnowledge of CI/CD pipelinesSolid knowledge of distributed systems, networking, and storage.