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Overview

As a Principal Software Engineer Manager in Windows Ecosystem & Commercial Engagements (WECE), you will hire and direct a talented team of engineers on a mission to build features into Windows on behalf of our customers & partners. This opportunity will allow you to deliver value directly to hundreds of millions of users. You will be able to demonstrate that your team is embracing the latest AI-assisted engineering while delivering useful features that improve the value of Windows and our competitive position. 

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
  • Guides partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., security, privacy, peer teams) to determine requirements within and across teams. 
  • Guides teams and leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. 
  • Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). 
  • Guides team to drive multiple cross-group collaboration efforts, engineering release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders. 
  • Own delivery of OS features that integrate well into our current & future product plans. 
  • Deliver code changes with high quality that pass peer review, security scrutiny and are regression free. 


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. 
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years engineering management experience leading ICs and/or senior ICs. 
  • Developed and released LLM-based systems to production with production runtime of 6+ months with significant usage. 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience building software in large, complicated codebases among thousands of engineers. 
  • Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools in production engineering environments (e.g., LLM-powered IDE workflows, code generation, automated refactoring/testing) and the ability to operationalize them into consistent team practices. 
  • Experience leading high impact software engineering teams, working within a shared ownership model with clear contracts. 
  • Experience working across teams to develop solid designs and influence others to achieve the outcomes needed for our customers & partners. Practical application of automated evaluation harnesses, quality gates, and monitoring to improve code outputs over time. 

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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, read more about requesting accommodations.

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United States Right to work in the United States required.
Workplace
Hybrid
Job Posted:
4 days ago
Job Type
Full Time
Education
Any
Experience
8-9 years

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