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Senior Software Engineering Manager - Virtualization & Kernel

United States, Multiple Locations 119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 13, 2026
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The Virtualization Core Platform team is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager to contribute to high‑performance hypervisor technologies, Windows and Linux kernel features, and related areas. The team values engineers who enjoy collaborating with peers to advance the next generation of the platform. Candidates should be enthusiastic learners with dependable design capabilities and the ability to build and guide a dynamic team. Hyper‑V (Hypervisor‑V) is used by millions of individuals each day and serves as the foundation of the Azure cloud, supporting nearly all of Microsoft’s online services through millions of virtual machines.

Job Responsibility

  • Coaches team on producing extensible, maintainable, well-tested, secure, and performant code that adheres to design specifications
  • Coaches teams on and identifies dependencies and incorporates them into the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
  • Remains current by investing time and effort into being informed of current developments
  • Coaches team on driving multiple groups' project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders
  • Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Rust OR equivalent experience
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Nice to have

  • Master'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++, or Rust OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Rust OR equivalent experience
  • 2+ years people management experience
  • 2+ years technical engineering experience working on part of an operating system (including but not limited to Linux or Windows), a virtual machine manager (VMM) or a related accelerator stack, or hypervisor
  • 1+ years incident management experience
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