Principal Software Engineering Manager
Core
Lead a globally distributed team to build and operate a self-service platform for authoring automated tests that validate sensor and telemetry health.
Role type
Principal Software Engineering Manager (Platform & Team Leadership)
Builds
A scalable self-service platform for automated testing and telemetry validation
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, telemetry pipelines, sensor validation, and developer platforms
Required skills
Team leadership, technical architecture, roadmap planning, cross-organizational partnership, platform ownership, engineering fundamentals, hiring and talent development, metrics-driven decision making, incident management, cloud-scale operations
Preferred skills
Experience with telemetry pipelines, time-series data, anomaly detection, data-quality monitoring, datacenter infrastructure operations
Technologies
Azure Data Explorer/Kusto, Azure Monitor, Event Hubs, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service, Power BI, Grafana, Git, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
Responsibilities
Define and communicate vision, architecture, and roadmap for the self-service testing platform; Drive architectural decisions for highly available, scalable telemetry services; Establish platform ownership and extensibility models; Lead complex cross-organizational execution and resolve dependencies; Build organizational capability through hiring, coaching, and succession planning; Report against measurable outcomes using SLIs, SLOs, and OKRs; Drive engineering fundamentals including code reviews, CI/CD, and incident response.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with significant people management responsibilities
