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Microsoft Corporation Principal Software Engineering Manager in Belgrade, Serbia
We are looking for a Principal Engineering Manager who can help us further grow our products, business, and culture! This Principal Engineering Manager position provides an opportunity to be at the forefront of technology, with a supportive environment for building skills for designing commercial grade software at scale. It is an opportunity to work with some of the best experts in the field and will provide an opportunity for long-term technical and non-technical growth and career path. You will lead a strong, experienced team of engineers across a breadth of technologies, working in a customer-focused, hypothesis-driven fashion with multiple partner teams across Office Product Group, leveraging both quantitative and qualitative data to ensure we are building experiences customers need and love.
We are a people-first organization: we invest deeply in each other and are committed to each other’s success. You will grow your team and the broader group by modeling excellence, coaching for active development, and caring through healthy, candid conversations.
At Microsoft Development Center Serbia (MDCS), we are the Microsoft Word team , our focus is driving the next phase of Word layout engine, a core aspect of how Word documents are visualized and interacted with across devices. We are looking for creative and driven software engineering managers with passion for full stack development and exploring innovative technologies to achieve our vision of redefining the future of documents across all platforms and devices.
Come join Microsoft Word to work on state-of-the-art services, platforms, distributed systems, user experiences, and modern technology to deliver the next generation of productivity experiences used by hundreds of millions of users daily!
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.
Responsibilities
Owning and driving delivery of critical areas and features in Word product, work with the team and peers every day on solving highly complex design, coding, troubleshooting and operational challenges
Help the team manage projects using agile engineering methodologies and dealing with ambiguity, working closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Stakeholders to define and execute the product roadmap.
Provide deep strategical technical expertise and guidance in the design/architecture/planning stage of the project, including guidance during the execution/implementation, as necessary.
Lead, mentor, and grow team of engineers, cultivate a high-quality engineering culture, emphasizing technical excellence and rapid iteration.
Identify professional growth areas for each engineer on the team and proactively provide opportunities for increasing their skill set as engineers.
Continuously evaluate engineering processes and practices affecting the team with the goal of eliminating in-efficiencies and increasing the overall team effectiveness, drive these improvements both within the team and partners
Drive innovation and take measurable risks to improve our products and services.
Foster a healthy and inclusive team environment.
Collaborate with international teams within Microsoft.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline and extensive technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Rust or Python
OR equivalent experience.
In-depth people management experience
Experience guiding and mentoring a team of engineers, with demonstrated commitment and passion for people growth and development.
In-depth software development experience building commercial grade software, including experience in large scale, high availability services and experiences.
Understanding of software engineering principles, with experience developing, architecting, and driving features and experiences for large-scale services or customer-facing web applications
Strong software engineering fundamentals experience, including coding, software design, problem solving, and data analysis skills.
Strong ability in self-learning, entering new domain, managing through uncertainty in an innovative team environment.
Demonstrated ability to effectively work in collaborative multiple projects team environment and ship production features.
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline and extensive technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Rust or Python
OR equivalent experience.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .