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Principal Software Engineering Manager - GitHub Plan and Track (CoreAI)

Microsoft • $165K — $296K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience with a Bachelor's Degree and 15+ years.
  • 6+ years of people management experience.
  • 3+ years leading distributed software engineering teams.
  • 5+ years hands-on experience in modern web stacks (e.g., Rails, Go, React, MySQL, GraphQL).
  • Strong customer focus and data-driven approach.
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills, especially in a distributed team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical strategy and roadmaps in collaboration with Product and Design to address complex customer challenges.
  • Manage and develop a talented, distributed team of full-stack engineers, promoting a culture of ownership and growth.
  • Ensure strategic alignment across teams for delivering impactful, large-scale user experiences.
  • Oversee system architecture for complex features, ensuring solutions are extensible, maintainable, and reliable.
  • Lead by example in adopting modern AI software development tools to enhance team iteration and learning.
  • Maintain high quality standards through technical leadership, proactive code reviews, and robust testing practices.
  • Contribute to a modern full-stack codebase while managing technical dependencies.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools.
  • Inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
Full Job Description
Overview

https://github.com/features/

Join us in shaping the future of developer collaboration and productivity. Our team works on building the technology to empower builders to take their ideas from shape to ship, across clients, and with teams of humans and agents. We build market-leading services that allow developers to manage and track work seamlessly, delegate to Copilot, and build with their teams right from chat surfaces.

In this role as a Principal Software Engineering Manager, you will champion strategic alignment across distributed teams, overseeing the design and architecture of products that are deeply complex and often ambiguous. As a leader and multiplier, you will not only drive employee growth and performance management but also establish best practices for system reliability, extensibility, and maintainable code. We are looking for creative problem solvers who are passionate about both technical excellence and inclusive culture. You will provide technical leadership for identifying dependencies and ensuring our solutions meet the highest standards of quality and scale. By leading by example-including the use of modern AI software development tools-you will help your team iterate quickly and transform how the world builds software.

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical strategy and roadmaps in partnership with Product and Design to solve complex customer problems in the agentic era.


  • Manage and develop a talented, distributed group of full-stack engineers, fostering a culture of ownership and continuous growth.


  • Champion strategic alignment across teams to ensure the delivery of high-impact, planetary-scale experiences that users love.


  • Oversee system architecture for deeply complex features, ensuring solutions are extensible, maintainable, and reliable.


  • Lead by example in the practical adoption of modern AI software development tools to accelerate the team's iteration and learning.


  • Maintain high quality standards through technical leadership, proactive code reviews, and the establishment of robust testing best practices.


  • Contribute to a modern full-stack codebase (Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript) while identifying and managing technical dependencies.


  • Foster technical excellence and innovation by researching new approaches and guiding their implementation across the distributed team.


  • Act as a multiplier by providing mentorship and pairing opportunities that define success for both individual and team outcomes.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • 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.


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


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 6+ years people management experience.
  • 3+ years of experience leading distributed software engineering teams
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in modern web stacks (e.g. Rails, Go, React, MySQL, GraphQL)
  • You have a strong customer focus and data driven approach
  • You have excellent analytical skills as well as communication skills both verbal and written. We're a distributed team so we're extra mindful about communication
  • You are a clear and effective communicator, be it when you write code, write emails, or explain complex technical issues to non-technical co-workers
  • You are passionate and self-motivated, with a demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment


Software Engineering M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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