Principal Group Software Engineer Manager

Overview

We are the Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD) organization, and our core mission is to keep customers protected and productive by delivering seamless, timely updates across existing and future versions of Windows. This work involves solving deep technical challenges in the Windows operating system and building mission-critical services and infrastructure that power the delivery of updates and innovations to billions of devices worldwide. Beyond updates, we also empower commercial and enterprise customers with products and solutions to deploy and secure their devices effectively.

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced software development leader to join us as a Principal Group Software Engineer Manager . In this role, you will drive the faster code to customer strategy for Windows, enabling agile, predictable, and high-quality delivery of Windows updates and innovations to customers every month, at massive scale. You’ll lead efforts to enhance the engineering experience, streamline code containment, and evolve release and monitoring infrastructure to support this mission.

This is a unique opportunity to operate at scale, impacting billions, while also enabling and accelerating new business growth across the company. As a leader in this position, you will shape technical strategy, drive alignment, and lead the design and development of resilient, scalable software systems, all while mentoring and empowering a diverse, high-performing engineering team. Success in this role requires comfort in fast-paced environments, confident decision-making, leading from the front, and building strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders.

If you're excited about building a world-class organization, solving complex problems, creating new experiences and improving existing ones, and delivering meaningful customer impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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.

Qualifications

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 PythonOR equivalent experience.
• Experience with large scale software services, architecture and technologies.
• Experience building solutions with Azure technologies (Cosmos DB, Service Fabric, Azure Functions, etc.), and Microsoft Stack (C#, SQL, ASP.NET).
• Experience in AI / ML technologies, data warehousing and Azure Analytics stack (like Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, etc.).
• Experience in UX, Angular, JavaScript. React is a plus.
• Ability and passion to pick up new technologies and stay on the cutting edge of development.
• Demonstrated experience leading and growing organizations.
• Demonstrated experience with coaching and mentoring leaders.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating with geographically distributed partner teams.

Preferred Qualifications :

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Responsibilities

Benefits / perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.Industry leading healthcareEducational resourcesDiscounts on products and servicesSavings and investmentsMaternity and paternity leaveGenerous time awayGiving programsOpportunities to network and connect