Microsoft Romania is home to several engineering teams that work on products and services such as Azure Core, Azure OneDeploy, Teams, Microsoft Commercial Experience (MCE). Some of these teams are focused on User Interfaces, whereas others are more focused on Backend services or Infrastructure. Infrastructure refers to software that is common and other groups depend on.As we are adding and growing more of such (usually) DevOps engineering teams, we are also looking for people to manage and grow them. In this job, you will have access to a variety of experienced professionals to help you expand your knowledge and build this team in which members can thrive and establish a culture that is aligned with the Microsoft core values. You will collaborate with other groups, to define and deliver new and exciting projects.The code your team works on powers the world’s largest application service impacting hundreds of millions of individuals every single day. Our organization continuous to push the envelope to deliver more value to our customers while making our systems more efficient, which provides huge technical challenges and growth opportunities for both you and the team members.Some of our open opportunities in Romania are in the following teams:1. The Modern Microsoft Cloud is built on three pillars: Compute, Networking, and Storage. The Azure OneDeploy team is in Azure Compute. We stage and orchestrate deployments and repairs on a global scale, across millions of virtual machines with safety, efficiency, and high availability for customers. Our features and infrastructure are used by third party Microsoft customers, first party Microsoft services ( SQL Azure, HDInsight, Cosmos and IndexServe), and core infrastructure in all three cloud pillars. Our work is key to accelerating innovation in the Cloud and provides a multiplier effect for the entire company by delivering smart infrastructure for everyone to use. We are seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineering Manager to join us in the Azure Compute OneDeploy team. We offer you a talented team and culture that invests in new technologies and in our people for the long term. While we design as a platform, we ship constantly in an incremental fashion. Emphasis is on solid, long-term design, incremental development with high quality, and adapting to early customer feedback.2. Azure is the fastest-growing business in Microsoft’s history and is the foundation of Microsoft’s commercial Cloud Services. We are the Azure Core team responsible for building and managing the core platform across compute, storage, and networking services. We have an exciting opportunity for you to innovate and shape the world’s computer, and we encourage you to apply and learn more! If you are a strong engineering leader, passionate about Cloud and Web Services technologies, eager and able to delve into and learn exciting new technologies, with the tenacity to solve hard technical problems, then this position is for you. This role will play a significant part leading the formation of a new team with a mission to build services and automation at the very core of the Azure core platform. You will be in charge of building a centralized platform offering for a safer and secure operability of Azure across public and sovereign clouds. Responsibilities Build and manage a world class team of software engineers who are eager to learn, committed to professional growth and have impactFoster a team culture that is aligned with the Microsoft Corporate values.Collaborate with other teams that are often geographically spread, to define, plan and oversee projects that your team will own or participates Qualifications Extensive software development experience building and shipping large-scale, high performance, scalable systems, and services using Object-Oriented Programming language such as C# OR C++ OR Java, OR equivalentExperience managing a team of Software Engineers Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, OR equivalent industry experiencePreferred Qualifications: Experience building and operating web services, IaaS, PaaS on Azure, AWS, or Google Experience building scalable and high-available services in Cloud. Solid CS fundamentals, fluent in multi-threaded, asynchronous programming, architecture at scale. Excellent technical design, problem solving and debugging skills. Good written and oral communication skills