Principal Software Engineering Manager

Overview

Are you an experienced Group Engineering Manager with a passion for solving hard problems, dealing with ambiguity and driving the business forward? Do you excel in collaborating with architects, product management, and data disciplines to create clarity on ambiguous problems? Do you thrive on solving complex and ambiguous challenges? Are you able to generate energy for the teams that you lead? If so, come join us!

We are the Microsoft Store team, a part of the Windows + Devices (W+D) organization in Microsoft. Our team’s vision is that Windows users find it easy to discover and engage with the experiences they need most; and for developers and ISVs to be excited to build Windows apps and games because they can innovate, differentiate, and exceed their business goals on Windows. You will lead a growing team that builds high scale, secure, reliable, low latency services that power an experience that runs on hundreds of millions of devices, alongside a portfolio of high scale services that we build today. If you have experience in Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP), thats a plus! Past experience with Apple Appstore, Google Play store, STEAM and working with developers will be a great plus!

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

You will be a highly technical and experienced cloud services GEM who determines the right strategy and roadmap to grow the developer ecosystem on Windows and Microsoft Store! You will work closely with Engineering managers and ICs to build services to support Store developer experiences leveraging MCP and Agentic AI. You will be a strong people manager who is committed to creating clarity, generating energy, and delivering success. As a people manager, you will deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring. You will provide direction to the team through breaking down service specs and architecture, and work across multiple disciplines to make implementation decisions. In your role you will work with peers across Product management and software engineering to launch new experiences that integrate with existing systems. We welcome your innovative ideas and fresh perspectives to strengthen our growth mindset culture that is grounded in customer obsession, and diversity and inclusion.

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.
• Current M2s and M1.5s with past experience of managing Engineering leads preferred.
• Exceptional teamwork and values that foster a positive team culture.
• Experience in collaborating with teams across different time zones and geographies.
• Experience driving strategy, roadmap and business vision across product groups and business units.
• Experience in leading and coaching teams of Engineering managers providing expert guidance, hands-on assistance, best practices, and training.
• Strong and applied knowledge of service infrastructure, frameworks, and technologies such as Azure Cloud Services, Azure Service Fabric, ASP.NET Core 2, .Net Framework, NuGet packages, and Git.
• Knowledge of common services design patterns and application development best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to ramp up on both new and legacy technologies.
• Proven ability to work through the full DevOps lifecycle from initial design to final product to live site support.
• Proven fundamental understanding of how to deliver end-to-end scenarios with security, reliability, and engineering quality in mind.
• Ability to learn and work effectively in a highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving environment.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Overall 15+ years of experience working on large scale services, with atleast 7+ years in people leadership role.
• Past experience working with App Stores, developers, submitting apps to Apple AppStore, Google Playstore, STEAM will be great to have.
• Experience of engaging deeply with developers and customers and the community to influence technical decision-making.
• Proficiency in Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) and accelerate Product development.
• Knowledge of the latest data storage, analysis, and visualization systems (CosmosDB, PowerBI).
• Knowledge of specific technologies such as Azure Cloud Services, Azure Service Fabric, ASP.NET Core 2, .Net Framework, NuGet packages, Git, Service Bus, Event Hub, Data Factory, Tables/Queues/Blobs, SQL, Key Vault, Application Insights nice to have.
  
  

Additional Details

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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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