Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

2 - 5 years

Noida

Posted: 13/06/2025

Job Description

Overview

Do you want to work on a product that touches and transforms the lives of billions of people across the globe? Do you want to work on the next set of innovations to transform it further and revolutionize it?

Microsoft is embarking on the exciting new journey to revolutionize the most beloved and popular product ‘Windows’ even further to make its experiences more modern and seamless in order to delight its users and make them even more productive and successful.

The Windows team is growing a Centre of Excellence in Microsoft, India with a broad portfolio of applications to help innovate on the next version of Windows. We are focused on building Shell and Services Experiences on various Windows flavors that will make our customer experiences much more seamless and more productive. You will get an opportunity to collaborate across multiple teams within the Windows group and across product groups within the company.

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 Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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.
Experience shipping commercial software using React, .Net, Azure, Kubernetes and AI.
You will also be sharing responsibilities with your team members in providing live support and maintenance for our cloud deployments to meet or exceed our SLAs.
Strong design, coding, debugging, teamwork, partnership and communication skills.
Experience in leading large dev teams to achieve complex goals on time and on budget.

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Responsibilities

We are looking for excellent engineers who are strong Full stack developers who can take the product to customers with high quality and eye-catching features.

Influence and align the product vision by collaborating with customers, partners, product management and engineering teams.
Mentor a team of high-caliber Software Engineers, ensuring project and development excellence and technical leadership.
Deliver high quality results with full ownership and take the product to next level.
Create a strong team culture of engineering excellence, customer passion, collaboration, diversity and inclusion. And of course, having fun too!
Hire and develop the best.

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.