Multidisciplinary Manager (Software Engineering) - FDE

Microsoft; United States; Remote; USD 143.000 - 275.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Microsoft Frontier Company Engineering seeks a Multidisciplinary Manager to lead a cross‑discipline engineering team, delivering customer outcomes with a portfolio mindset from problem definition to deployed solutions.

You will coach talent across software engineering, technical program management, and data science, partnering with customers and internal stakeholders to ensure excellence and responsible AI practices in delivery.

Qualifikationen

• 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.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years people management experience
• 3+ years customer-facing, project-delivery experience, professional services, and/or consulting experience.
• Experience partnering directly with customers or internal stakeholders to deliver solutions end-to-end.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating AI or LLM-based solutions, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented approaches, model tuning, evaluation, data quality, performance monitoring, and use of cloud AI platforms

Aufgaben

• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, owning a portfolio of work to maximize customer and Microsoft value through strong portfolio and delivery leadership.
• Provide clear coaching, career development, and performance support for engineers across software engineering, technical program management, and data science, fostering growth in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Serve as a player‑coach by taking on selected engagements, modeling engineering fundamentals, customer‑obsessed execution, and inclusive, cross‑discipline collaboration.
• Partner with leadership and discipline managers to ensure healthy team rhythms and strong operational excellence across engagements.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning by elevating engineering practices, sharing reusable patterns and accelerators, and strengthening our multidisciplinary operating model.
• Champion AI‑forward hypervelocity engineering by guiding teams to apply responsible AI practices, leverage accelerators and reusable patterns, and integrate emerging AI capabilities into customer solutions and delivery.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Customer-facing experience

Delivery management

Cross-functional collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field

15+ years technical engineering experience with coding

Tools

C

C++

C#

Java

JavaScript

Python

Jobbeschreibung

Company and benefits

• Job number 200044275
• Date posted Oct 16, 2026
• Work site 0 days / week in-office – remote
• Travel Less than 25%
• Profession Software Engineering
• Discipline Software Engineering
• Role type People Manager
• Employment type Full-Time

Overview

In the Microsoft Frontier Company Engineering team, you won’t just build software; you’ll deliver real outcomes for some of the world’s most complex organizations.

We are a global team of world-class engineers who have been working in a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) model for more than a decade, embedding directly within customer teams to solve their toughest challenges, side-by-side, and shipping production-ready solutions in days, not months.

As a Multidisciplinary Manager, you will lead a cross-discipline engineering team, operating with a portfolio mindset to deliver high-impact customer outcomes while coaching talent, modeling engineering excellence, and strengthening Frontier Company Engineering’s multidisciplinary operating model. You’ll work alongside engineers, data scientists, product managers, and domain experts, owning delivery across the full lifecycle from problem definition through to deployed solutions.

Our work is powered by AI, applying the mindset and tooling across the entire development lifecycle to move from idea to production in days while maintaining the highest standards of security, quality, and trust.

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Lead a multidisciplinary crew to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions
• Coach talent and drive outcomes that directly influence business strategy
• Collaborate with leading global organizations across industries
• Apply the latest advancements in AI to deliver high-impact outcomes at scale

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

• Lead a multidisciplinary engineering team, owning a portfolio of work to maximize customer and Microsoft value through strong portfolio and delivery leadership.
• Provide clear coaching, career development, and performance support for engineers across software engineering, technical program management, and data science, fostering growth in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Serve as a player‑coach by taking on selected engagements, modeling engineering fundamentals, customer‑obsessed execution, and inclusive, cross‑discipline collaboration.
• Partner with leadership and discipline managers to ensure healthy team rhythms and strong operational excellence across engagements.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning by elevating engineering practices, sharing reusable patterns and accelerators, and strengthening our multidisciplinary operating model.
• Champion AI‑forward hypervelocity engineering by guiding teams to apply responsible AI practices, leverage accelerators and reusable patterns, and integrate emerging AI capabilities into customer solutions and delivery.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• 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.

Other Requirements

• Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years people management experience
• 3+ years customer-facing, project-delivery experience, professional services, and/or consulting experience.
• Experience partnering directly with customers or internal stakeholders to deliver solutions end-to-end.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating AI or LLM-based solutions, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented approaches, model tuning, evaluation, data quality, performance monitoring, and use of cloud AI platforms
• Enjoy travel and are comfortable with travel up to 25%

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