Member of Technical Staff, Growth Engineering Manager

Microsoft AI is looking for a talented Growth Engineering Manager to help build the next wave of capabilities of our personalized AI assistant, Copilot. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on technical contributions alongside leadership. The right candidate enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. The Growth engineering team is responsible for user acquisition, engagement, retention, and feature development that drives rapid growth, while collaborating with our Product Management, Design, Data Scientists, and AI Research teams to deliver impactful results.

Our newly formed organization, Microsoft AI (MAI), is dedicated to advancing Copilot and other consumer AI products and research. The team is responsible for Copilot, Bing, Edge, and generative AI research. Come be a part of the team shaping the future personal computing. We’re looking for someone who will bring an abundance of positive energy, empathy, and kindness to the team every day, in addition to being highly effective.

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. 

By applying to this U.S. Mountain View, CA position, you are required to be local to the San Francisco area and in office 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Management: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers focused on growth-related projects. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance. 

• Hands-on Coding: Contribute directly to the codebase, especially on complex growth-related projects. Take on critical tasks such as mobile features, API development, and scalable system design. Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code. 

• Growth Strategy Execution: Work with product managers, data scientists, and marketing to implement strategies that drive user growth, engagement, and retention. This includes optimizing onboarding flows, improving product features, and delivering scalable infrastructure. 

• Engineering Excellence: Drive best practices in software engineering, including code reviews, testing, and CI/CD processes. Ensure high-quality code delivery and system reliability while maintaining performance at scale. 

• Data-Driven Decision Making: Partner closely with data science teams to analyze user behavior, A/B testing results, and other growth experiments to optimize product features and drive user engagement. 

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver new features that support growth initiatives. Work with leadership to align technical solutions with business goals. 

• Roadmap Development: Own the technical roadmap for the growth engineering team, balancing short-term delivery with long-term technical investments that enable scaling and efficiency. 

• User Feedback Integration: Ensure the product continually evolves based on user feedback and market trends, driving features that improve user satisfaction and retention.  

• Embody our Culture and Values.   

Qualifications

Required 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, Golang, Swift, Kotlin, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Solid understanding of mobile application architecture, backend system design patterns, and knowledge of effective engineering processes.
• Experience in growth engineering or a growth-oriented role, with demonstrated success in driving key growth metrics such as acquisition, engagement, and retention. A data-driven leader with concrete examples of successful initiatives and past growth achievements.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Lead execution efforts across various teams, including backend, model, marketing, product, design, and other internal and external organizations within and outside of Microsoft. 
• Proven experience in developing iOS and/or Android applications from the ground up, with a track record of achieving a high number of downloads and maintaining a large base of active users.
• Experience in internationalization and localization, scaling products, applications, and engineering efforts to drive global growth.
• Skilled in attribution for both paid and organic growth, with expertise in driving app virality and experience in monetization strategies and their implementation.
• Experience with vertical expansion, focusing on consumer use cases and specific categories.
• Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in growth and AI. 
• Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.  

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 2, 2024. 

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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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