Principal Engineering Manager

Overview

Would you like the satisfaction that comes with keeping every person and organization on the planet protected and productive each month through delivering high quality Windows updates? Do you want to explore and discover your full engineering potential? Do you enjoy working in a high performing diverse team with comradery and passion for development? If you answered “yes,” Windows Servicing and Delivery Update Platform team is the place for you. 

We are the Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD) organization. We deliver updates to every Windows-based device in the world to protect users and enable them to be productive.  While Security remains our primary focus, we also enable our commercial and enterprise customers by enabling new device support, addressing reliability and upgrade blocking issues. Our work is critical for the Windows family of devices, SurfaceHub, Hololens, Azure and more.  We are an agile team and ship twice every month, impacting over a billion Windows devices in the ecosystem. You will collaborate with your teammates in IDC, and your partner teams in Ireland and Redmond, Washington, USA.     

The Update Platform team is seeking a talented and driven software engineering manager with a strong background in firmware and middleware development. As an Engineering Manager, you will manage a team of highly talented software engineers working on the Windows Update Platform on the client side. You will collaborate with geographically distributed partner teams to accomplish your team’s work. You will be responsible for all areas of the engineering lifecycle, including collaboration with customers, milestone planning, technical and design leadership, shipping features with quality and tracking OKRs/KPIs. 

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.

Responsibilities

• Managing a team of high-caliber Software Engineers, ensuring project and development excellence and technical leadership  
• Delivering features, enhancements, and fixing of customer reported problems to the Windows Update Platform across different Windows SKUs with high quality results and full accountability.
• Crafting high-quality bug-free fixes for externally and internally found security vulnerabilities. 
• Finding ways to improve products, tools, and processes for long-term benefit for Microsoft and customers. 
• Own career development of team through active coaching.
• Mentoring junior engineers in the team. 
• Motivated to build constructive and effective relationships and solve problems collaboratively.
• Anticipate, identify, assess, track, and mitigate project risks and issues in a fast-paced start up like environment.
• Create a strong team culture of engineering excellence, customer passion, collaboration, diversity and inclusion. And of course, having fun too!  
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience leading software engineering teams. 
• Demonstrated engineering leadership and experience in building and managing diverse and inclusive teams. 
• Proven design and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on quality and engineering excellence.  
• Critical, creative, and innovative thinking skills. 
• The ability to work well in a diverse, global, team-focused environment.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience in either C/C++. 
• Experience in COM, Win32 programming, Developer platform technologies, Windows Driver development and Windows debugging will be a great plus.
• Familiarity with Windows development and Microsoft technologies.
• Experience in middleware, firmware and/or device driver development.
• Demonstrated results working with a global team.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  
  

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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