Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

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Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Date posted

Sep 22, 2025

Job number

1863245

Work site

Fully on-site

Travel

0-25%

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time### 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 Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

+ OR equivalent experience.

• 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.
  

#W+DJOBS###

Responsibilities

We are building a center of excellence for Windows 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.
  

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

î«”Industry leading healthcare

îž¾Educational resources

Discounts on products and services

Savings and investments

ï¡¢Maternity and paternity leave

Generous time away

î­‘Giving programs

î¿”Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.