Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft is a leading technology company that empowers every person and organization to achieve more. The Principal Software Engineering Manager will lead and grow a diverse team focused on delivering impactful solutions and driving modernization across the Substrate Platform, which underpins Microsoft 365 workloads.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse team of engineers focused on delivering products with meaningful and lasting customer value
• Partner with Engineering Managers, Architects, and cross‑disciplinary leaders to drive AI‑forward, large‑scale modernization of services
• Create clarity in complex problem spaces, define and execute roadmaps, and build high‑performing teams capable of iterating effectively toward impactful solutions

Requirements:

• Bachelor's 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
• 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
• Experience mentoring, onboarding, and growing engineers through inclusive leadership, coaching, and a growth mindset
• Effective execution leader able to drive results across organizational boundaries by building plans, aligning stakeholders, and delivering measurable improvements to systems, code quality, and engineering practices
• Demonstrated commitment to engineering standards, including clean design, testability, observability, operational readiness, with a focus on reusable patterns, documentation, and playbooks
• Experience leading short, outcome-driven strategic initiatives that unblock critical efforts such as platform modernization, reliability, cost optimization, compliance, and developer productivity
• Proficient communicator who can clearly convey progress, impact, and lessons learned to executives and partner teams, turning insights into scalable, repeatable practices