Principal Software Engineering Manager

About the role

The Windows + Devices Fundamentals team is responsible for the reliability, compatibility, performance, battery life, and sustainability of Windows devices. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead a team shaping the next generation of Windows device optimizations.

What you'll do

• Lead the team in using telemetry, experimentation, and trace analysis to understand software and hardware behavior, identify systemic opportunities
• Provide technical leadership for complex, cross-stack investigations involving low-level debugging, performance analysis, reliability, and power optimizations
• Define the technical strategy and roadmap for Windows Fundamentals improvements, guiding architecture and aligning investments with customer and business priorities
• Manage the design and delivery of solutions spanning hardware, firmware, operating-system, service, and application layers
• Establish a high engineering bar for quality, security, reliability, performance, maintainability, and operational excellence, while ensuring predictable execution

What you need

• 12–22 years in software engineering
• Python
• Java
• JavaScript
• C++
• C#
• C
• B.Sc or B.Tech or B.E. or BCA

Good to have

• Azure
• Performance management
• Product strategy
• Power BI
• Machine learning