Principal Software Engineer Manager- CTJ - Poly

About this role

Lead a set of Software Engineering and Site Reliability ICs, ensuring strong software engineering fundamentals, clear technical direction, and high-quality execution across the engineering lifecycle that closes feature gaps between our cloud offerings and builds reliable, software-based systems for operational tasks. Establish and drive technical and organizational strategy for your area, aligning engineering investments with business priorities and long-term platform goals. Guide engineering design and architecture decisions, ensuring reliability, diagnosability, security, and compliance are embedded early and consistently

Drive strong incident management, learning culture, and post-incident reviews, emphasizing systemic improvements and long-term resilience. Develop senior and principal-level talent, including succession planning for managers and technical leaders. Partner closely with product, security, compliance, infrastructure, and operations teams to deliver durable, auditable, and scalable services

Communicate clearly and credibly with leadership, articulating risks, tradeoffs, priorities, and progress across technical and organizational dimensions. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: The successful candidate must have an active U.S

Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination

Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance

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