Principal Group Engineering Manager

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We are the Microsoft Store team, a part of the Windows + Devices (W+D) organization in Microsoft. Our team’s vision is that Windows users find it easy to discover and engage with the experiences they need most; and for developers and ISVs to be excited to build Windows apps and games because they can innovate, differentiate, and exceed their business goals on Windows. You will lead a growing team that builds high scale, secure, reliable, low latency services that power an experience that runs on hundreds of millions of devices, alongside a portfolio of high scale services that we build today. If you have experience in Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP), that's a plus! Past experience with Apple Appstore, Google Play store, STEAM and working with developers will be a great plus!

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
• Current M2s and M1.5s with past experience of managing Engineering leads preferred.
• Exceptional teamwork and values that foster a positive team culture.
• Experience in collaborating with teams across different time zones and geographies.
• Experience driving strategy, roadmap and business vision across product groups and business units.
• Experience in leading and coaching teams of Engineering managers providing expert guidance, hands-on assistance, best practices, and training.
• Solid and applied knowledge of service infrastructure, frameworks, and technologies such as Azure Cloud Services, Azure Service Fabric, ASP.NET Core 2, .Net Framework, NuGet packages, and Git.
• Knowledge of common services design patterns and application development best practices
• Demonstrated ability to ramp up on both new and legacy technologies.
• Proven ability to work through the full DevOps lifecycle from initial design to final product to live site support.
• Proven fundamental understanding of how to deliver end-to-end scenarios with security, reliability, and engineering quality in mind.
• Ability to learn and work effectively in a highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Overall 15+ years of experience working on large scale services, with atleast 7+ years in people leadership role.
• Past experience working with App Stores, developers, submitting apps to Apple AppStore, Google Playstore, STEAM will be great to have.
• Experience of engaging deeply with developers and customers and the community to influence technical decision-making.
  
• Proficiency in Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) and accelerate Product development.
  
• Knowledge of the latest data storage, analysis, and visualization systems (CosmosDB, PowerBI).
  
• Knowledge of specific technologies such as Azure Cloud Services, Azure Service Fabric, ASP.NET Core 2, .Net Framework, NuGet packages, Git, Service Bus, Event Hub, Data Factory, Tables/Queues/Blobs, SQL, Key Vault, Application Insights nice to have

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• You will be a highly technical and experienced cloud services GEM who determines the right strategy and roadmap to grow the developer ecosystem on Windows and Microsoft Store!
• You will work closely with Engineering managers and ICs to build services to support Store developer experiences leveraging MCP and Agentic AI.
• You will be a solid people manager who is committed to creating clarity, generating energy, and delivering success.
• As a people manager, you will deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.
• You will provide direction to the team through breaking down service specs and architecture, and work across multiple disciplines to make implementation decisions.
• In your role you will work with peers across Product management and software engineering to launch new experiences that integrate with existing systems.
• We welcome your innovative ideas and fresh perspectives to strengthen our growth mindset culture that is grounded in customer obsession, and diversity and inclusion.