Microsoft Principal Software Engineering Manager 

India, Telangana, Hyderabad 

192455169

As a, you will lead a forward-thinking team dedicated to building the Whiteboard application & services. You take ownership as a self-starter, highly motivated, execution-focused, design solutions for scale and passionate about providing friction free experience for customers. You will drive design across different large-scale apps & services like Teams, Surface, OneDrive, Planner to build end to end solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience
• Extensive Engineering Experience: At least 10 years of professional software development experience, with a strong track record of building large-scale, reliable cloud services. Proficiency in general-purpose programming languages such as C#, TypeScript, C/C++ is essential.
• Management Expertise: A minimum of 5 years of experience in managing software development teams, demonstrating the ability to nurture talent, drive team performance, and deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Technical Proficiency: Experience with data platforms like Cosmos, Synapse, or Cosmos DB will be considered an added advantage.

Other 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

• Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

• Strategically own and lead the full spectrum of services from conception to deployment, ensuring a seamless end-to-end lifecycle.

• Directly manage and mentor a dedicated team of 8 to 10 software engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

• Architect and engineer large-scale distributed software services and solutions, setting a high bar for design and development practices.

• Champion and enforce modern software engineering practices, including rigorous design reviews and adherence to best practices.

• Drive system design with well-defined interfaces across multiple components, utilizing code reviews and data/telemetry for informed decision-making.

• Cultivate best-in-class engineering by ensuring services and components are modular, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable.

• Enhance test coverage for services, spearhead integration tests, and proactively address and resolve problem areas.

• Prioritize testability, monitoring, observability, reliability, and maintainability , recognizing when code meets Microsoft's standards for sharing and delivery.

• Develop a deep understanding of Microsoft's business landscape, collaborating with mentors and leaders to deliver cohesive user experiences.

• Focus on customer and partner needs with a data-driven approach, translating feedback into actionable insights and service improvements.

• Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring to maintain high service quality and address Live Site issues.

• Engage in on-call rotations , providing expert support and debugging for both customer-reported and internally identified service incidents.