Principal Sofware Engineer at Microsoft

Hyderabad, Telangana, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Team Leadership, Mentoring, Stakeholder Management, Design Documentation, AI/ML Experience, Customer-Centric Innovation, Operational Excellence, Inclusivity, High-Performance Culture, Reliability, Performance Improvement, Monitoring, Technical Solutions, Cross-Product Features, Strategic Thinking, Detail Orientation

Industry

Software Development

Description

Building a successful team involves creating an inclusive workplace where all people and ideas are welcome. Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios. Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products. Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items. Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions. Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers. Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years software industry experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years software industry experience OR equivalent experience. Exceptional skills in influencing and aligning diverse stakeholders across product, design, marketing, research, and business disciplines. Ability to think strategically while diving deep into details, you can balance big-picture vision with day-to-day execution. Experience working with AI/ML-powered experiences, platform services, or large-scale subscription businesses is a plus. Passion for customer-centric innovation, operational excellence, and building inclusive, high-performance team cultures.

Responsibilities

The Principal Software Engineer will lead the development of design documents and mentor engineers to produce maintainable code. They will also be accountable for monitoring system performance and driving project plans across multiple groups.