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Microsoft Corporation Principal Software Engineering Manager in Hyderabad, India
Would you like to work on the team that powers the most popular operating system – Windows – and impact over a billion people globally with your day-to-day work? If yes, come join us! We are the Windows Developer Platform team, and we build the platform that developers use to build the most engaging apps for Windows.
We are looking for a proven Engineering Leader to lead a team for taking the React Native for Windows platform forward in their evolution. We want to expand the capabilities of the Windows app platform and need you to help us drive the revolution. It is a unique opportunity to work on both Microsoft technologies and one of the largest customer bases in the world! You will also get an opportunity to collaborate across various teams within Windows group and across product groups within the company and work with some of the best minds in the world!
The more diverse our team, the more inclusive our end result. To that end, we encourage applicants from any background and with any perspective.
Responsibilities
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
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
12+ years of total experience designing, building and shipping software at scale and at least 5 years of team leadership and people management
Strong 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.
C++/C#/ReactJS/ReactNative/JavaScript design/architecture skills with expertise in leading teams in development and/or equivalent platform
Experience with cross group design and coordination is an advantage.
A BS degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent industry experience.
You must be self-driven, curious to learn, proactive, and result oriented.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with managing partner and customer relations across multiple geographies and time zones
Experience working in open source, GitHub specifically, managing large collaborative open-source projects, and communicating with customers directly on GitHub
Experience with Windows development tools and technologies, including Visual Studio and the Windows SDK. XAML familiarity
Experience with Win32 application and systems programming
Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .