Principal Software Engineering Manager - Windows Incubation

Are you interested in shaping the future of personal computing , with a small and growing team working with a startup mindset ? Come join the Windows Incubation team envisioning and building new Web, Cloud streaming, and AI-powered experiences on a range of devices.

As a Principal Software Engineer ing Manager on the Windows Incubation team, y ou will lead a team that build s with the latest advances in the Windows platform, OS/ s ilicon integration, cloud/client computing, large language models , and web development. You will partner with Pr oduct Management and Design to develop ideas to solve customer problems, and pr ototypes to learn from . You will design and implement innovative solutions to some of the most complex problems , in collaboration with technical leaders across Microsoft . You are open and adaptable, ready to work across diverse codebases and technologies. You will be a leader in engineering excellence, identifying and contributing to engineering systems, testing, and tools to improve the team's efficiency .

If you thrive on leadings teams to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by building , learning and iterating in a col laborative environment , this is the role for you ! We offer in-office, remote and partial remote work arrangements t o support your preferred work style.

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/Minimum 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.
• 3+ years people management experience.
• 5 year s of experience developing Operating System components OR Windows applications

Additional or 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.
• 4+ years people management experience
• Experience with on e or more of the following

• • Web development using TypeScript, HTML, CSS and Web Components
  • In corpo ration of Machine Learning algorithms into shipping products
  • Operating system or application virtualization technology
  • Hardware acceleration to optimize software performance

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $173,200 - $282,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Guides partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user 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 group's project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers).

• Leads 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.
• Guides team and acts as an expert for Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and monitors other engineers across product lines, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.