Engineering Manager Jobs in Washington
Engineering Manager jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in aerospace and defense, software and cloud infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing, and clean energy, with demand at every level from first-time leads through senior director. Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond anchor the largest share of openings, driven by longtime employers like Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon. Teams focused on hardware engineering, platform reliability, and software development lifecycle management are among the most consistently posted specialties. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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As a Microsoft Principal Site Reliability Engineering Manager, you will lead the strategy and execution of reliability engineering across organizations, guiding teams responsible for designing, building, and operating platforms and tools for CIPT. The portfolio spans infrastructure inventory and IP address management, network and security telemetry, monitoring pipelines, operational reporting, automation, and enterprise infrastructure data integrations. You will bring together SRE, product engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations teams early in the development lifecycle to establish clear technical direction. You will translate organizational priorities into multi-team roadmaps and measurable outcomes, ensuring platforms are secure, observable, reliable, efficient, and supportable while driving the adoption of proven engineering and operational practices.
Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. You will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform.
Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.
With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.
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
Responsibilities
- Lead through managers and technical leaders to develop a high-performing Site Reliability Engineering team, establishing clear accountability while attracting, retaining, and developing talent and leadership capability.
- Define the technical strategy and roadmap for Site Reliability Engineering platforms and tooling across organizations, translating critical infrastructure workflows and data needs into secure, scalable, reliable, observable, and cost-effective engineering solutions. Guide end-to-end architecture across services, APIs, automation, telemetry pipelines, operational data, and infrastructure integrations.
- Drive cross-organizational collaboration to influence architecture, automation, operational readiness, and engineering standards while resolving technical dependencies and ownership gaps.
- Own operational health and readiness across the Site Reliability Engineering platform portfolio, establishing service level objectives and driving measurable improvements in reliability, security, compliance, performance, capacity, and data quality.
- Participate in the Site Reliability Engineering on-call rotation and drive incident readiness, response, communication, and post-incident improvements to minimize impact and prevent recurrence.
- Drive scalable tooling and automation for monitoring, deployment, remediation, configuration, and resource management, promoting safe change, recovery, and reusable engineering standards.
- Translate organizational priorities into multi-team roadmaps and delivery commitments, aligning resources, dependencies, capacity, and investments with business and engineering needs.
- Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
-
Doctorate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR equivalent experience.
Background Check Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of technical experience with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
- 3+ years of people management experience.
- Experience leading through managers and technical leaders, setting clear objectives and accountability, and supporting employee performance, growth, and career development.
- Experience guiding end-to-end architecture across services, APIs, automation, telemetry pipelines, operational data, and infrastructure integrations, including standards for security, observability, testing, configuration, and safe deployment.
- Experience managing the operational health and readiness of an SRE platform portfolio, including availability, reliability, security, compliance, supportability, and lifecycle management.
- Experience using service-health metrics, Service Level Objectives, Key Performance Indicators, and post-incident learnings to prioritize engineering investments and prevent recurring issues.
- Experience defining technical strategy and roadmaps for Site Reliability Engineering platforms and tooling and translating infrastructure workflows and data requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.
Site Reliability Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.
As a Microsoft Principal Site Reliability Engineering Manager, you will lead the strategy and execution of reliability engineering across organizations, guiding teams responsible for designing, building, and operating platforms and tools for CIPT. The portfolio spans infrastructure inventory and IP address management, network and security telemetry, monitoring pipelines, operational reporting, automation, and enterprise infrastructure data integrations. You will bring together SRE, product engineering, security, infrastructure, and operations teams early in the development lifecycle to establish clear technical direction. You will translate organizational priorities into multi-team roadmaps and measurable outcomes, ensuring platforms are secure, observable, reliable, efficient, and supportable while driving the adoption of proven engineering and operational practices.
Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. You will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform.
Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.
With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.
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
Responsibilities
- Lead through managers and technical leaders to develop a high-performing Site Reliability Engineering team, establishing clear accountability while attracting, retaining, and developing talent and leadership capability.
- Define the technical strategy and roadmap for Site Reliability Engineering platforms and tooling across organizations, translating critical infrastructure workflows and data needs into secure, scalable, reliable, observable, and cost-effective engineering solutions. Guide end-to-end architecture across services, APIs, automation, telemetry pipelines, operational data, and infrastructure integrations.
- Drive cross-organizational collaboration to influence architecture, automation, operational readiness, and engineering standards while resolving technical dependencies and ownership gaps.
- Own operational health and readiness across the Site Reliability Engineering platform portfolio, establishing service level objectives and driving measurable improvements in reliability, security, compliance, performance, capacity, and data quality.
- Participate in the Site Reliability Engineering on-call rotation and drive incident readiness, response, communication, and post-incident improvements to minimize impact and prevent recurrence.
- Drive scalable tooling and automation for monitoring, deployment, remediation, configuration, and resource management, promoting safe change, recovery, and reusable engineering standards.
- Translate organizational priorities into multi-team roadmaps and delivery commitments, aligning resources, dependencies, capacity, and investments with business and engineering needs.
- Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
-
Doctorate Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, or systems administration
- OR equivalent experience.
Background Check Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of technical experience with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
- 3+ years of people management experience.
- Experience leading through managers and technical leaders, setting clear objectives and accountability, and supporting employee performance, growth, and career development.
- Experience guiding end-to-end architecture across services, APIs, automation, telemetry pipelines, operational data, and infrastructure integrations, including standards for security, observability, testing, configuration, and safe deployment.
- Experience managing the operational health and readiness of an SRE platform portfolio, including availability, reliability, security, compliance, supportability, and lifecycle management.
- Experience using service-health metrics, Service Level Objectives, Key Performance Indicators, and post-incident learnings to prioritize engineering investments and prevent recurring issues.
- Experience defining technical strategy and roadmaps for Site Reliability Engineering platforms and tooling and translating infrastructure workflows and data requirements into secure, scalable, and cost-effective solutions.
Site Reliability Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.
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Engineering Manager Job Market in Washington
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Who's Hiring
- Apple39
- Amazon23
- Meta9
- Google8
- Amazon Web Services7
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Technology & Software
- Aerospace & Defense
- Law & Legal Services
- Electronics & Hardware
What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in engineering manager jobs across Washington.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a closely related technical field
- Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and managing delivery timelines
- Hands-on background as an individual contributor in the relevant engineering discipline
- Experience with Agile, Scrum, or similar iterative development and project management frameworks
- Ability to recruit, mentor, and retain engineering talent in a competitive Washington market
- Strong communication skills for coordinating between engineering teams and business stakeholders
Engineering Manager Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a engineering manager in Washington?
Most engineering managers in Washington move into the role from senior individual contributor positions after demonstrating both technical depth and leadership potential. Washington does not require a state-issued management license for most software or systems engineering manager roles, though professional engineers overseeing licensed work may need a Washington State Professional Engineer license through the Washington State Department of Licensing. A bachelor's degree in an engineering or computer science discipline is the standard baseline employers expect.
Which companies hire engineering managers in Washington?
Employers hiring engineering managers in Washington right now include Apple, Amazon, and Meta, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Washington's concentration of aerospace, cloud computing, and defense contractors means large-scale engineering organizations are consistently among the most active hirers in the state.
Which Washington cities have the most engineering manager jobs?
Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond have the most engineering manager openings in Washington. Seattle and Bellevue dominate because of the dense concentration of major tech headquarters and aerospace operations based there, while Redmond draws heavily from Microsoft's campus presence and its extended network of contractors and vendors.
Are there remote engineering manager jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 79% of engineering manager openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how much of the work involves planning, coordination, and code review rather than physical presence. Roles tied to hardware, manufacturing, or defense programs are more likely to require on-site attendance than those in software or platform engineering.
How can I get hired as a engineering manager in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a lateral move from a senior or staff engineer role where you have already informally led a team or project. Large Washington employers like Boeing, Amazon, and Microsoft run internal leadership development programs that help high-performing engineers step into management without prior formal title. Applying to team lead or tech lead roles first, then transitioning internally, is the most common pattern. A Washington State PE license strengthens candidates in aerospace or civil engineering tracks.
Where can I find and apply to engineering manager jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to engineering manager jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings across industries and experience levels. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the employers posting them.
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