Principal Software Engineer

Excel is one of the most powerful software programs used in business and consumer settings across the globe. Join the vibrant Excel engineering team for an opportunity to impact and influence hundreds of millions of daily users across almost every country in the world.  

Excel’s Business Intelligence organization is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and design of the team that owns PivotTables, one of Excel’s signature capabilities. This team is evolving the PivotTable experience in the desktop and web apps, modernizing the PivotTable C++ codebase to increase engineering productivity while maintaining high quality, and enabling more PivotTable integration with Excel Copilot. You will be responsible for shipping this functionality on all Excel platforms, including Windows, Mac, web and mobile.  

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will develop your team’s capabilities through work item assignments and growth-focused feedback. You will contribute to Excel-wide priorities and, more importantly, bring new ideas and help us shape the culture of the team. You will be passionate about fostering an inclusive workgroup where everyone can be their best self and where all voices can be heard. You will be authentic and lead by example.  

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. 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. 

Required 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 equivalent experience. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor'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 Master'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. 

• Proven skill in designing large features or a small product 
• Fast learner with good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. 
• Strong in analytical problem solving and good fundamentals in CS.

• Partner with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios. 

• Lead identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform and lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products. 

• Design and implement features leading a feature crew of 2 to 3 engineers. 

• Accountable to make difficult and impactful decisions, and for any product or service deployment impacts and related outcomes. 

• Ensures robust and effective ongoing support using effective telemetry and incident response processes for the most critical or highest-impact services or products. 

• Provides technical leadership and oversight to ensure the correct processes are followed to achieve a high degree of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility across multiple solutions, products, or teams across organizations. 
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