Microsoft Cloud represents one of the fastest growing cloud businesses in the industry and is trusted by some of the world’s most iconic brands and institutions to power their digital transformation initiatives. The Microsoft Industry Clouds & Solutions team, as part of the Digital Transformation Platform (DTP) group, is bringing together the best that Microsoft Cloud has to offer and build and ship industry-focused solutions, such as the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, the Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services etc. to meet the needs of some of the biggest companies in the world.  

Our team is expanding its presence in the Bengaluru area across Engineering, PM, and UX/Design as we grow our vibrant global engineering team, making fundamental investments to build the next generation of innovative and intelligent industry clouds & solutions leveraging Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Microsoft 365, and Azure. We are looking for a principal software engineering manager who will play a key role in building, managing and leading engineering teams as well as setting technical strategy and direction for the relevant product area.  

The ideal candidate for this role is someone with a passion for building great end-to-end SaaS solutions with AI and delightful user experiences along with a proven track record of building new teams, being a proficient technical contributor, and owning/shipping large feature areas across multiple releases working with globally distributed cross-functional teams. If you’re looking to participate in a Microsoft strategic mission, solve challenging engineering problems, deliver customer-centric value, and take part in a new fast-growing environment, you have reached the right place!  

Responsibilities

As a Principal Software Engineering Manager, you will lead design and development of new industry solution capabilities. This includes working with the team on solutions architecture definition and solving technical problems as we build and package different apps/components together.  

To do that you will need to – 

• Develop strong partnership across stakeholders to advance the team’s mission 
• Lead the team for planning and executing technical deliverables 
• Institute the needed processes for engineering planning and execution rigor 

• Accountable for the quality, usability & performance of delivered features 
• Foster a culture of agility, innovation, and customer-focus within the team. 
• Lead by example with a high level of technical excellence (including but not limited to participating in design, code, and test reviews). 
• Be an inspiring engineering leader who generates clarity in ambiguous situations, generates energy and delivers successful outcomes for customers and the product 
• Mentor more junior team members professionally. 

Qualifications

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 
• 10+ years of development experience with with Agile development methodologies and testing practices in relevant technologies (e.g. C#, JS, cloud computing). 
• 2+ years of experience managing teams of 10+ engineers. 

• 3+ years’ experience and skills in building cloud-based SaaS applications 
• Demonstratable coding, debugging, design and problem-solving skills 
• Creative and innovative thinking. 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• C#, JavaScript/Typescript experience 
• Development experience with Microsoft Dataverse (CDS), PowerApps, Dynamics 365 CE, Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, or other CRM/ERP products. 
• Prior experience in CPG domain and technologies around Retail Execution solutions 
• Passion for improving service quality and engineering excellence 
• Experience in developing, debugging and maintaining code in object-oriented languages and database querying languages 

• Experience with Git, CI/CD processes, source control management 
• Background on services and cloud computing 
• Prior experience building business centric web applications  
• Strong collaboration, communication and coordination skills 
• Experience leveraging ML/AI for building predictive analytics. 

• Excellent technical design, problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills. 
• A passion for improving engineering practices and producing high-quality software. 
• Exceptional software engineering skills across all phases of software development lifecycle. 

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