Software Engineering Manager - AI

As Microsoft continues to lead the way in AI innovation, Clipchamp is at the forefront of transforming how people create and share video content. We are the go-to video platform with a simple mission: to empower anyone to tell stories worth sharing. With nearly one hundred million registered users worldwide, we’re just getting started. 

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager-AI to join our team and help shape the future of AI-powered video creation. You’ll be supporting software engineers and applied scientists in designing and building product solutions based on cutting-edge large language models and generative AI models. From automating video editing tasks to enabling entirely new forms of storytelling, your team will help enable the next generation of intelligent, user-friendly video tools. 

You’ll join a nimble, cross-disciplinary team embedded within Microsoft, working alongside engineers, applied scientists, data scientists, product managers and designers to deliver innovative solutions. If you’re passionate about delivering AI-backed solutions in creative, real-world scenarios and want to work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and storytelling, we want to hear from you. 

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

• Delivering success through empowerment and accountability. Managers model Microsoft values, coach for success, and demonstrate care for individuals.   
• Supporting software engineers and applied scientists to continuously learn, improve skills, and grow their careers. 
• Providing and receiving honest feedback, fostering open communication. 
• Advocating for your team, help them remove obstacles, unlock their potential and improve their performance   
• Guiding partnerships with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements and helping your team break down objectives, identify dependencies, and define success criteria. 
• Guiding your team to drive project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders. 
• Creating and sustaining an effective team culture. We value and promote a high trust environment where we work closely and effectively with others.   

We emphasize a culture of continuous learning and so having a growth mindset and passion for learning is important. You should expect that your teammates will be invested in helping make you successful and expect the same in return from you. We recognize and celebrate the uniqueness of each person on the team and leverage our diversity to create more inclusive products for our customers.  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of people management and 3+ years of engineering experience.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or another technical discipline.

• Strong servant leadership skills and passion for supporting and developing people, with proven experience recruiting, hiring, coaching and defining growth paths for engineering teams.

• Great communication with the ability to consider others’ ideas, implement new methods, surface and resolve disagreements and empathize with users without breaking a sweat

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years’ experience managing ML engineers, applied scientists or data scientists

• Strong understanding of large language models, computer vision, or generative AI.

• Experience in enterprise and high-compliance fields.

Other Requirements: 

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:  

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

If you're excited about the Clipchamp video journey, creating something new, working on cutting-edge technology, working closely with AI scientists on the frontier of deep learning, on planet-scale services to bring this functionality to the hundreds of millions of M365 users across the globe, we are looking for you!  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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