Principal Engineering Manager

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We are a modern engineering organization that embodies industry best practices in Product-Led Growth (PLG). We are data-informed, hypothesis-driven, and rigorous in measuring outcomes to ensure undeniable customer and business impact. We collaborate closely with industry-leading PMs, designers, data scientists, user researchers, and marketers to build deep customer insights that inform the design of experiences used by hundreds of millions of people every day. We partner with teams across the company to deliver world-class services, and we create experiences that connect with customers across Microsoft products. We play a direct role in driving business growth and framing our business value to end users and our vibrant community of fans. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join us.

Building a successful team involves creating an inclusive workplace where all people and ideas are welcome. We invest in the health of our team and take "how we work" as seriously as the impact we have on customers and the business. You don’t need to know everything when you join our team; just bring your growth mindset and willingness to learn, and we will provide mentorship and career growth to help you succeed.

The team's focus is on following 3 main areas:

1. Full-Stack: Develop end-to-end features using React/TypeScript frontends paired with C#/.NET REST or GraphQL APIs and scalable data models—built to support millions of daily users.
2. Backend: Design and scale Azure-hosted services in C#/.NET that handle hundreds of millions of requests daily, with opportunities to lead the adoption of event-driven architectures.
3. Client: Deliver high-performance native Android/iOS/Windows/macOS experiences using modern C++, Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, Swift and platform-specific frameworks, enabling contextual Product-Led Growth motions within Microsoft 365 apps.

As a Principal Engineering Manager you will play a critical role in driving the adoption and monetization of Microsoft 365 Copilot through Product-Led Growth methodologies. This role requires a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of product development, user experience, experimentation, and data-driven decision-making.

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.

We are builders, explorers, and connectors and we are looking for a like-minded Software Engineers who thrives on driving big ideas from spark to scale. We are looking for candidates with a growth mindset, and someone who fosters collaboration with teammates and partners.

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

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years software industry experience
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ years software industry experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience operating online services.
  
• 3+ years of people management experience.
• Exceptional skills in influencing and aligning diverse stakeholders across product, design, marketing, research, and business disciplines.
• Ability to think strategically while diving deep into details, you can balance big-picture vision with day-to-day execution.
• Experience working with AI/ML-powered experiences, platform services, or large-scale subscription businesses is a plus.
• Passion for customer-centric innovation, operational excellence, and building inclusive, high-performance team cultures.

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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.

• Guides partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams.
• Guides team 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).
• Guides team and act 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.
• 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.