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Microsoft Principal Software Engineering Manager 
Czechia, Prague, Prague 
987385968

04.02.2025


As Principal Software Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of highly motivated engineers in solving complex problems, driving adoption of good engineering practices and configuration distribution standard, and collaborating across groups to deliver successful outcomes.

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Software engineering experience, including hands-on technical management.
  • Experience recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management.

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 years of 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 years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • People management experience.
  • Experience in nurturing an engineering culture with a focus on quality and innovation.
  • Previous experience in collaborating across multiple teams.
  • Experience in large-scale distributed system.
Responsibilities
  • Oversees partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams for multiple solutions or product lines.
  • Oversees teams and provides technical leadership for 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).
  • Oversees teams to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) across products.
  • Leads the resolution of complex site incidents and oversees for Designated Responsible Individuals (DRI) and directs the work of other engineers across product lines.
  • Keeps informed of and communicates new standards to ensure that the product development and scaling to customer requirements and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations and holds accountability for products that do not meet expectations.