Principal Software Engineering Manager
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- India, Telangana, Hyderabad
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or
- 3+ years of people-management experience leading software engineers, including coaching, performance management, and career development.
- Experience leading the design, development, and optimization of complex system software or platform capabilities.
- Demonstrated success building teams and delivering highly reliable products or services at scale.
- Deep technical judgment in software architecture, systems design, debugging, and engineering tradeoffs.
- Ability to set strategy, navigate ambiguity, prioritize investments using data, and influence decisions across organizational boundaries.
- Experience leading teams responsible for operating-system architecture, system-level development, or platform engineering.
- Deep knowledge of Windows internals, performance, reliability, or power optimization.
- Experience driving initiatives across hardware, firmware, operating-system, service, and application boundaries.
- Experience using large-scale telemetry, experimentation, statistical analysis, or Azure data platforms to guide product and engineering decisions.
- Track record of influencing architecture, product strategy, and execution across multiple teams and senior stakeholders.
Full description
Overview
The Windows + Devices Fundamentals team is responsible for the reliability, compatibility, performance, battery life, and sustainability of Windows devices. Our work spans hardware and OEM partners, the operating system, and application layers – helping protect, manage, and enhance the fundamentals of the Windows ecosystem.
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead a team shaping the next generation of Windows device optimizations. As advances in AI, silicon, and software create new opportunities, you will define strategy, grow engineering talent, and drive execution that makes exceptional device fundamentals a defining feature of Windows PCs.
This role is ideal for an experienced engineering leader who combines deep systems expertise with a passion for developing people, setting clear technical direction, and delivering innovations that improve how people live, work, and play.
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
- Lead the team in using telemetry, experimentation, and trace analysis to understand software and hardware behavior, identify systemic opportunities, and measure impact at scale.
- Provide technical leadership for complex, cross-stack investigations involving low-level debugging, performance analysis, reliability, and power optimizations.
- Define the technical strategy and roadmap for Windows Fundamentals improvements, guiding architecture and aligning investments with customer and business priorities.
- Manage the design and delivery of solutions spanning hardware, firmware, operating-system, service, and application layers.
- Establish a high engineering bar for quality, security, reliability, performance, maintainability, and operational excellence, while ensuring predictable execution.
- Use data and customer insights to make portfolio tradeoffs, resolve ambiguity, manage risk, and hold the team accountable for measurable outcomes.
- Recruit, coach, and retain a diverse team of engineers while building trusted partnerships with Windows teams, OEMs, silicon vendors, and hardware partners across the ecosystem.
Technologies:
The team works with technologies including:
- C, C++, C#, Python, scripting and automation tools
- WinDbg, Windows Performance Analyzer, and ETW tracing
- Cosmos, Kusto, Asimov, and Azure-based trace-processing systems
- Power BI, statistics, and large-scale telemetry analysis