FULL_TIME
10+
Principal Engineering Manager
11/21/2025
The Principal Engineering Manager is responsible for building a successful team and creating an inclusive workplace. They guide partnerships with stakeholders to determine user requirements and lead the development of design documents while optimizing code for performance and maintainability.
Working Hours
40 hours/week
Company Size
10,001+ employees
Language
English
Visa Sponsorship
No
About The Company
Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters.
Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
About the Role
Building a successful team involves creating an inclusive workplace where all people and ideas are welcome. 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. 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.
Key Skills
EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentPeople ManagementStakeholder EngagementProject ManagementAI/MLCustomer-Centric InnovationOperational ExcellenceTeam BuildingPerformance OptimizationSystem MonitoringDesign DocumentationStrategic ThinkingScalingTechnical LeadershipCode Refactoring
Categories
TechnologyManagement & LeadershipEngineeringSoftware
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