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Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

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

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for Windows device fundamentals, including reliability, compatibility, performance, battery life, and sustainability. The role defines technical strategy and roadmaps, leads cross-stack investigations and complex system optimizations, manages engineering quality and risk, and recruits, coaches, and retains engineers while partnering with Windows, OEM, silicon, and hardware teams. The position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field, 12+ years of technical engineering experience, and 3+ years of people-management experience, along with deep Windows, systems, telemetry, and large-scale data expertise.

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