Principal Software Engineering Manager

Overview

The Web Shared UX team shapes Office experiences on the web through shared capabilities that enable Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to deliver cohesive, accessible, and high-quality experiences at scale. The team owns the iconic Office Ribbon, foundational shell experiences, and the web implementation of Copilot System UX. Its work spans AI-forward prototyping, platform modernization, responsive design, reliability, performance, and telemetry.

We are seeking an experienced

Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead the Web Shared UX team through the next phase of Copilot in-app UX, expanding its capabilities and driving Copilot usage across Office. This role offers significant impact on experiences used by hundreds of millions of customers and calls for a technical leader with experience shipping web experiences at that scale.

You will partner with PM and Design to define the Copilot UX System for Office and translate that vision into engineering priorities and delivery plans. Working with Desktop and Mobile teams and engineering counterparts in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, you will align shared capabilities across platforms and help your team deliver on ambitious schedules while managing competing priorities and minimizing disruptions.

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

• Advance the AI-driven transformation of software engineering by rethinking development workflows and adopting new engineering capabilities while maintaining quality and trustworthiness.
• Lead, grow, and inspire a high-performing, inclusive engineering team, developing engineers and guiding them through change.
• Drive the long-term modernization of the UX Platform
• , addressing performance, correctness, compatibility, and platform evolution with robust, reusable solutions that avoid overengineering.
• Build relationships with partner teams and coach engineers in boundaryless execution
• , delivering solutions that exceed partner expectations.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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.
• Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR 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.
• 4+ years people management experience.
• Experience shipping consumer web apps at large scale (50M+).
• Web development experience and a passion for polished, detailed UX.
• Experience with AI-native, agentic engineering and a drive to lead teams toward autonomous ways of working.
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Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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