Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

2 - 5 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 11/08/2025

Job Description

Overview

Would you like to work on the team that powers the most popular operating system – Windows – and impact over a billion people globally with your day-to-day work? If yes, come join us! We are the Windows Developer Platform team, and we build the platform that developers use to build the most engaging apps for Windows.

We are looking for excellent engineers to join the team for taking the platform forward in their evolution. We want to expand the capabilities of the Windows app platform and need you to help us drive the revolution. It is a unique opportunity to work on both Microsoft technologies and one of the largest customer bases in the world! You will also get an opportunity to collaborate across various teams within Windows group and across product groups within the company and work with some of the best minds in the world!

The more diverse our team, the more inclusive our end result. To that end, we encourage applicants from any background and with any perspective. 

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or comparable industry experience.
12 + years of experience shipping commercial software.
5+ years of experience with C++ and/or C#.
Deep technical experience including leading others.
Researching (and perhaps building prototypes and beyond) some new ways of doing something.
Demonstrates a mastery of communication and data presentation and storytelling skills.Exhibits a growth mindset and humility, while working through high stakes scenarios.
Proven experiences as an ally who can further a more open, diverse, and inclusive workplace with a goal of everyone feeling like they belong.
Demonstrated hypothesis-driven, problem-solving orientation.
Solid technical and analytical skills, and a passion for customers.
Solid design, coding, debugging, teamwork, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working on Open-Source projects in GitHub.
Experience with Windows development tools and technologies, including Visual Studio and the Windows SDK. XAML familiarity is a plus.
Win32 application and systems programming experience will be a bonus.

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Responsibilities

We are building a center of excellence for client platform in Windows India organization. The platform enables first-party and third-party developers to build amazing Windows apps. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing high-quality software components and libraries for Windows Developers.

You will be exposing the capabilities via APIs which need to follow consistent patterns, are scalable, extensible and maintainable.
You will also play a key role in open-ended explorations, prototyping and identifying opportunities for our developers.
You will have the amazing opportunity learn and grow by working closely with the architects, senior engineers, Program Managers, and AI/ML scientists who contribute to the overall technical vision and strategy of the “architectural how” of how we build a scalable architecture with great fundamentals (such as performance, power, reliability). And you may need to interact with our amazing open resource community developers via GitHub.

About Company

Microsoft Corporation is a leading American multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is best known for its software products, including the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office Suite, and Azure cloud services. The company also produces hardware like the Surface devices and owns LinkedIn, GitHub, and the Xbox gaming brand. Microsoft is one of the world's most valuable companies, playing a key role in personal computing, enterprise software, AI, and cloud computing.