Senior Software Engineer Manager
3 days ago
Multiple Locations, Australia
Date posted
Sep 28, 2025
Job number
1881587
Work site
3 days / week in-office
Travel
0-25%
Role type
People Manager
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time
OverviewThe Azure Core New Tech team is seeking lead engineers who are eager to help with the New Technology onboarding process: automating how new hardware is verified, managed, and delivered to Microsoft datacenters for Azure, High-Performance Computing, Office, and Edge Computing products within Microsoft.
The team works at the interface of software and hardware. The team creates technology to validate, onboard and manage the hardware throughout its lifespan (from arrival to disposal), track the hardware metadata, and ensure the quality and security of hardware when it reaches Microsoft datacenters. It supports the expansion of all capacity for Microsoft services and is at the leading edge of new hardware platforms coming to the cloud. The team is focused on automating the management and tracking the process of New Technology onboarding to bring new and innovative technologies to market faster.
In Azure Core New Tech team, your role as a Software Engineering Lead will be to build and lead the team in understanding requirements, creating designs, and implementing the features needed to enable new technologies. This opportunity will let you grow your skills in software and hardware by collaborating with various Azure teams, learning about the emerging technologies in the industry and bring change to Azure.
The team provides a flexible working environment that enables both hands-on opportunities with hardware and hybrid work contributions.
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.
QualificationsRequired Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Java
- 1+ year(s) with a comprehensive understanding of computer networking concepts (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Domain Name System (DNS), routing, switching, firewalls)
1+ year(s) knowledge of datacenter infrastructure and server architecture, including hardware components (Central Processing Unit (CPU), memory, storage, network interfaces).
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:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
o OR related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Java
o OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Java
o OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ year(s) experience working cross team, collaborating with others, prioritizing tasks, and working independently.
- 4 + year(s) working with or developing software for distributed systems and scalable cloud environments, and familiarity with network protocols.
- 4+ year(s) with excellent hands-on design, coding, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Coaches the team's partnership with stakeholders to clarify user requirements within the team's owned components/features; raises cross‑team gaps through appropriate channels.
- Leads the team to identify dependencies and produce design docs for their owned area; coordinates with adjacent teams as needed with support from senior leaders for broader alignment.
- Sets engineering standards and reviews work so engineers optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance, maintainability, and ROI.
- Owns the team's project and release plans, driving backlog health, delivery cadence, and quality; coordinates with PM and partner teams to land dependencies and dates.
- Acts as (or assigns) DRI for the team's services/components and runs an effective on‑call, ensuring incident response, triage, and post‑incident learning for the team's scope; escalates systemic issues appropriately.
- Ensures the team's services meet defined scale and performance expectations for their scope, applies best practices, and surfaces risks early when goals/SLOs are at risk.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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