Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Noida, UP, IN +1 · Software Engineering

Principal Software Engineer on the Windows team, focusing on building and innovating Shell and Services Experiences for future Windows versions. The role involves influencing product vision, mentoring engineers, delivering high-quality results, and driving engineering excellence. Requires strong coding skills in C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, experience in modern app development (XAML/WinUI), and leadership in shipping large-scale software.

What you'd actually do

  1. Influence and align product vision by collaborating with customers, partners, product management and engineering teams.
  2. Mentoring a team of high-caliber Software Engineers, ensuring project and development excellence and technical leadership.
  3. Deliver high quality results with full ownership and take the product to next level.
  4. Create a solid team culture of engineering excellence, customer passion, collaboration, diversity and inclusion. And of course, having fun too!
  5. Hire and develop the best.

Skills

Required

  • 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 Python.
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • 6 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++.
  • 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.

Nice to have

  • 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.

What the JD emphasized

  • shipping software at scale
  • 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.