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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Setup
On-site
Location
Hyderabad, Telangana
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for its Windows team in India to design, develop, optimize, debug, and scale software and services for Windows features used by customers and partners. The role involves cross-team collaboration, technical leadership, mentoring, incident response, and delivery of reliable, scalable, cost-effective solutions. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field plus 6+ years of technical engineering experience with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience; preferred qualifications include a master's degree, 8+ years of experience, and related technical experience.

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