New 
Principal Group Engineering Manager
 Microsoft | |
remote work
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 United States, Texas, Irving | |
| 7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map) | |
 Jul 25, 2025 | |
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OverviewDoes pioneering new and innovative ways to reimagine and transform end-user productivity across the breadth and depth of Microsoft's global workforce sound exciting to you? Are you passionate about the future of work, driving innovation and showcasing an employee experience blueprint that inspires customers and partners to navigate their digital transformation? If so, the Microsoft Digital (MSD) team is an excellent place for you to grow your career. We are seeking a Principal Group Engineering Manager to join our organization. This role offers an opportunity to collaborate with seasoned infrastructure and network engineers, as well as product partners, contributing to impactful service delivery and the ongoing evolution of infrastructure engineering and operations. The team is responsible for translating innovative concepts into practical solutions, focusing on AI-driven initiatives and large-scale infrastructure automation that is unique to only a select few companies globally. Microsoft Digital (MSD)'s mission is to power, protect, and transform the employee experience at Microsoft around the world.Come build community, explore your passions, do your best work as part of this critical and forward-thinking team. Microsoft Digital (MSD) innovates, creates, and delivers the vision for Microsoft's employee experience, human resources, corporate and legal affairs, global real estate products, and runs Microsoft's internal network and infrastructure, plus builds campus modernization and hybrid solutions. You will leverage the latest technologies and focus on empowering Microsoft employees with the tools and services that define both the physical and digital future of work. The Infrastructure and Engineering Services division within the Microsoft Digital organization is dedicated to delivering essential network and infrastructure services that underpin the Microsoft enterprise. This group is advancing a strategic vision for leveraging AI in future infrastructure engineering and operations. Committed to establishing industry-leading innovations for infrastructure and network engineering as well as operational excellence, the team drives the implementation of infrastructure as code and empowers service engineers through the use of AI agents in service operations. This position is based at the Microsoft campus and supports 3 days/week work on-site and 2 days/ week work from home. 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.
Responsibilities Work closely across IES functions and disciplines to shape the solutions and make sure they provide value.Evangelize and drive the use of AI and Agents within our IES team and operations.Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment with org prioritization, project goals, and deliverables. Foster a culture of agility, innovation, and customer-focus within the team. Lead and manage a group of software engineering individual contributors and their managers - promoting a culture of ownership and accountability. Guide the group in the design, development, testing, and deployment of high-quality software. Champion strategic frameworks that balance build versus augment existing solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational standards, compliance, and product strategy and consider speed of innovation, cost efficiency and risk while mentoring teams on scalable solution design. | |