Principal Software Engineering Manager

Lead the team in using telemetry, experimentation, and trace analysis to understand software and hardware behavior, identify systemic opportunities, and measure impact at scale. 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. Use data and customer insights to make portfolio tradeoffs, resolve ambiguity, manage risk, and hold the team accountable for measurable outcomes. Recruit, coach, and retain a diverse team of engineers while building trusted partnerships with Windows teams, OEMs, silicon vendors, and hardware partners across the ecosystem. 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 equivalent experience. 3+ years of people-management experience leading software engineers, including coaching, performance management, and career development. Experience leading the design, development, and optimization of complex system software or platform capabilities. Demonstrated success building teams and delivering highly reliable products or services at scale. Deep technical judgment in software architecture, systems design, debugging, and engineering tradeoffs. Ability to set strategy, navigate ambiguity, prioritize investments using data, and influence decisions across organizational boundaries. Experience leading teams responsible for operating-system architecture, system-level development, or platform engineering. Deep knowledge of Windows internals, performance, reliability, or power optimization. Experience driving initiatives across hardware, firmware, operating-system, service, and application boundaries. Experience using large-scale telemetry, experimentation, statistical analysis, or Azure data platforms to guide product and engineering decisions. Track record of influencing architecture, product strategy, and execution across multiple teams and senior stakeholders. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. *