Job Description

Would you like to lead the next wave of innovation for Windows and build breakthrough Multi-Modality experiences to delight all Windows users across all devices?

We are the Windows India team and looking for someone like you to lead one or more of such efforts. Our mission is to help empower everyone as our CEO Satya said: "Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more". The team would be building breakthrough solutions for Windows customers with the goal of driving undeniable end-user pull. Our mission is to make sure customers won't just engage with what we build - they'll love it and tell others because we've solved their toughest problems in surprising and delightful ways.



The Windows team is looking at the next wave of growth for a Centre of Excellence in Microsoft, India with a broad portfolio of things to help innovate on next version of Windows in this space. We are looking for a proven

Principal Engineering Manager

to join our growing team.



We are looking for a proven Engineering Leader to join our team building Assistive Technology using Multi-Modality to make Windows the most Inclusive and Productive OS. You will get to lead a team and partner with Windows teams across the globe to build, use and deploy various cutting-edge technologies in this space.

Responsibilities

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Influence and align the product vision by collaborating with customers, partners, product management and engineering teams. Managing 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. Own career development of team through active coaching. 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. Ability to use AI to build a frontier team.

Qualifications

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Required Qualifications:

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 + 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. Experience with cross group design and coordination is an advantage. You must be self-driven, curious to learn, proactive, and result oriented. C++ design/architecture skills with expertise in leading teams in Windows development is a plus .


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