Microsoft

Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft • $165K — $296K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with 8+ years of coding experience in various programming languages.
  • Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale software services (10+ years preferred).
  • Leadership experience with software engineering teams (5+ years preferred).
  • Expertise in distributed systems and software security is a plus.
  • Ability to pass Microsoft and specialized security screenings.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end delivery of Microsoft Purview features and services, from strategy to customer adoption.
  • Lead and develop a team of engineers, promoting career growth and an inclusive culture.
  • Ensure service reliability and operational excellence through effective incident management.
  • Collaborate with product management and security teams to align on roadmaps and delivery priorities.
  • Champion security-first engineering practices and compliance with relevant standards.
  • Establish quality standards and engineering processes to enhance development workflows.
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration for integrated Purview experiences.
  • Drive architectural decisions balancing scalability, performance, and cost.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays to support work-life balance.
  • Opportunities for career growth and development within Microsoft.
  • Access to a global network of career resources and tools.
  • Performance bonuses and stock award options.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Purview Fundamentals team is core to Microsoft Purview and provides platform services from Authorization, Policies, Scopes, Alerts and Audits. We build the platform that supports Microsoft Purview and its millions of customers worldwide. We are looking for rockstar Engineering Manager who leads a team of amazing engineers and owns our services, that solve customer needs, ensures security and compliance are baked into the design and helps grow our engineers.

Responsibilities
• Own the end-to-end delivery of Microsoft Purview features and services, driving execution from strategy and design through development, deployment, and customer adoption.
• Lead and grow a team of software engineers by providing coaching, career development, performance guidance, and fostering an inclusive engineering culture.
• Drive service reliability, availability, and operational excellence through incident management, post-incident reviews (PIRs), on-call readiness, and continuous service improvements.
• Partner with product management, security, compliance, and platform teams to define roadmaps, prioritize investments, and deliver customer and business outcomes.
• Champion security-first engineering practices, ensuring adherence to Secure Future Initiative (SFI), compliance requirements, privacy standards, and vulnerability remediation goals.
• Establish engineering processes, quality standards, and metrics aligned with New Production Function (leveraging Agents across SDLC)
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across Microsoft Security, M365, Entra, and platform teams to deliver integrated Purview experiences.
• Drive technical architecture and design reviews, balancing scalability, reliability, performance, and cost considerations.
• Manage operational priorities, technical debt reduction, and long-term platform modernization efforts.
• Communicate engineering status, risks, dependencies, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Sponsor customer-focused innovation by leveraging telemetry, feedback, and data-driven insights to improve Purview products and services.
• Ensure teams maintain strong ownership of compliance, governance, RBAC, data protection, and enterprise security requirements across Purview workloads.

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Qualifications - Required:
  • 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.


Qualifications - 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Masters Degree in computer Science Expertise in Distributed Systems Expertise in Software Security
  • 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise scale software services.
  • 5+ years of experience in leading software engineering teams


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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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