Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft Teams brings teams together by making it easy, productive and fun to communicate and collaborate! Microsoft Teams is the hub where the power and capabilities of M365 come together - Chat, Calling, Meetings, Files, Bots, 3rd Party integrations and more. It is built on top of latest, industry standard technology stack and frameworks.  

This is an opportunity to lead a fast-paced, high-impact foundational project with cutting edge technology. We are looking for a top performing principal engineering manager, who would like to work in a startup-like environment, building technology fast and with high quality. The ideal candidate has successful management experience and strong product design and development skills.  

You will be empowered to make product-wide technical decisions and directly impact the outcomes for this flagship product working in a dynamic and collaborative environment. You will work with great people, solve a lot of technical challenges and will have the opportunities to learn. Most importantly your work will have tangible business impact. 

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
• 3+ years of leading an engineering team. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor'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
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years people management experience.
• Solid understanding of mobile technologies, design patterns, computer science basics. Android/iOS development experience is preferred. 
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to think strategically.  
• Track record of delivering innovation and results, leadership and collaboration. 
• Ability to work on cross team/org projects 
• Creates an inclusive and fun work environment where every employee engages effectively.   

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• Lead a team of engineers to build features which influence growth of Teams mobile. 

• Mentor and grow the engineers in your team. 

• Design, implement and operate end-to-end product experiences. We expect you to lead the technical architecture, design & code reviews, and delivery of projects, interfacing with product management, design and other dependencies. 

• Collaborate with product managers to layout and manage the feature execution and rollout plan. 

• Make technology and design decisions to deliver performant experiences. 

• Collaborate with your engineering peers to reuse code/stack components where applicable and feasible.