FULL_TIME
10+
Principal Software Engineer
11/25/2025
The Principal Software Engineer will lead the transformation of Windows experiences, ensuring high-quality product delivery with innovative features. They will mentor a team of engineers and drive project excellence through collaboration with various stakeholders.
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
We are looking for excellent engineers who are strong in C++ and Windows application development who can take the product to customers with high quality and eye-catching features. The team is to embark on a journey to own and drive the transformation of our experiences on Windows to be simple, delightful, and new Users interacting surface areas of anything that ships with Windows are in the purview of this team! Influence and align the product vision by collaborating with customers, partners, product management and engineering teams. Mentoring a team of high-caliber Software Engineers, ensuring project and development excellence and technical leadership Deliver high quality results with full ownership and take the product to next level Create a strong team culture of engineering excellence, customer passion, collaboration, diversity and inclusion. And of course, having fun too! Hire and develop the best 15 or more years of total experience designing, building and shipping software at scale and at least including 5+ years of experience in modern app development using XAML/WinUI and C/C++. OR equivalent experience. Solid design, coding, debugging, teamwork, partnership and communication skills Experience in leading large dev teams to achieve complex goals on time and on budget. Proven ability to find a shippable solution given conflicting and ambiguous requirements. Excellent Technical skills in Driving Design, Architecture with cross product and services dependencies. Ability to Drive Innovation with customer obsession. C++ design/architecture skills with expertise in leading teams in Windows development is a plus Experience with cross group design and coordination is an advantage. You must be self-driven, curious to learn, proactive, and result oriented.
Key Skills
C++Windows Application DevelopmentXAMLWinUISoftware EngineeringMentoringProject ManagementDesignArchitectureDebuggingTeamworkCommunicationInnovationCustomer ObsessionLeadershipCollaboration
Categories
TechnologyEngineeringSoftwareManagement & Leadership
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