Overview

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Responsibilities

As the Principal Software Engineering Manager within the Windows Search Platform Engineering team, you will be responsible for:
- Owning the technical direction and architecture for the Windows Search Platform from design through retail delivery.
- Driving the evolution of Search Platform into an AI-native infrastructure layer, enabling Copilot, MCP/LLM integrations, and future agentic discovery patterns while maintaining enterprise-grade reliability and performance.
- Leading cross-functional partnerships with Products, File Explorer, Windows Search Box and other external partners to drive architectural consensus, scope clarity, and release governance.




- Establishing and enforcing release discipline and observability as first-class requirements.
- Defining and driving data-backed engineering decisions across the platform.
- Leading, mentoring, and growing a team of 7-10 engineers — running effective 1:1s, providing direct feedback, building transparent growth paths, and cultivating a culture of engineering rigor, ownership, and speed.
- Recruiting and retaining top systems engineering talent, with a bias toward people who are curious about and energized by AI-native development and Windows platform internals.
- Representing your team's work to senior leadership, communicating trade-offs, risks, delivery timelines, and strategic context with clarity and confidence in forums such as Shiproom, Mission Controls, and leadership reviews.
- Driving program execution across multiple concurrent tracks (8-10 workstreams), including sprint cadence, ADO hygiene, capacity planning,

📌 Principal Software Engineering Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Microsoft
📍 Hyderabad