Principal Software Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager **+ Years of Software Engineering Experience

Highly accomplished Engineering Manager with 16+ years in software engineering, including 5 years in management and 2 in technical leadership. Skilled in bridging strategic vision with hands-on execution, I specialize in secure, scalable, and modular architectures under tight constraints. I build high-performing teams, mentor engineers, and drive complex initiatives from concept to deployment. With a track record at industry-leading organizations, I’m seeking an Engineering Manager role to lead larger teams, foster innovation, and deliver impactful solutions in a dynamic environment

Leadership & Management: Strategic Roadmapping Team Building Mentoring & Coaching Management Cross-Functional Collaboration Project/Program Management

Architecture & Development: Large-Scale Software Design Microservices/Distributed Systems Secure & Scalable Solutions

Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure, AWS, GCP Cloud Networking Network Security CI/CD Docker Kubernetes SQL/PostgreSQL SQL Server/TSQL

Programming Languages: C#, C++, C, Java, Golang (Working Proficiency) Python (Working Proficiency) Rust (Amateur)

Trainings: Windows Internals Kernel Debugging RTOS architecture and C RF Basics (Non-RF Engineers) Principal Engineer Manager– Microsoft (Since May 2021) Technical and Strategic Leadership:

Drove a year-long initiative to enhance Azure Data (Azure Fabric) Network Security—recognized as a top organizational priority—ensuring secure data access and preventing accidental data exfiltration.

Delivered Private Links at tenant and workspace levels, enabling customers to access Azure Fabric over private IPs.

Developed Managed VNETs, facilitating secure execution of ephemeral jobs (e.g., Spark) behind firewalls.

Implemented Customer Managed Keys (CMK), enabling customer-owned encryption keys and secure decryption within Azure Fabric.

Led codebase transition from .NET Framework to .NET 6+, yielding significant performance improvements.

Managed a greenfield project allowing third-party developers to integrate their workloads with our platform. Team Management and Mentorship:

Managing a 10–12 person engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.

Improved team morale and performance, verified through internal surveys and manager feedback.

Mentored engineers, promoted multiple team members to senior roles, and guided one engineer into a managerial track.

[C#, Azure, Network Security, Project Planning, Team Management] Principal Software Engineer – Smartsheet (September 2019 - May 2021) Architecture & Leadership:

Tech Lead/Architect for the reporting and analytics team, shaping architectural strategies and overseeing end-to-end solutions.

Executed a prolonged production database migration, enabling a new, more robust reporting experience.

Established best practices and mentored engineers at all levels, ensuring scalable designs and high-quality code.

[Java, MySql, EKS, AWS, micro-services]

Principal Software Engineer – Splunk (Dec 2017 - September 2019) Cloud Transformation & Identity Services:

Co-architected and developed critical microservices, supporting Splunk’s transition to the cloud.

Designed and implemented Splunk’s identity service for authentication and authorization, serving as the main entry point for all other cloud services.

[Golang, AWS,CI/CD, Aurora, SQL Postgres]

Senior Software Engineer – MICROSOFT (2012 - 2017) Distributed Systems & Data Pipelines:

Designed and implemented a distributed scheduler for large-scale image processing pipelines, supporting Bing and other Microsoft products. Developed high-throughput data pipelines (Cosmos/MapReduce) for efficient web crawling and multimedia indexing.

[Distributed Systems,Zookeeper, COSMOS, Map Reduce, Data pipelines, C++, C#] Software Engineering Manager - BigBand Networks Inc. (2006 – 2010) Product Development & Team Leadership:

Managed a 7-person engineering team delivering next-generation video switching platforms, earning accelerated promotion due to demonstrated leadership.

Implemented real-time MPEG2 PSI processing applications, enhancing platform performance and capability.

[C++,VXWORKS,TCP/IP, RPC,ACE FRAMEWORK,SNMP,MPEG,DSP] M.S. in Software Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA GPA: 3.85 B.Sc. in Software Engineering, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

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