Principal Software Engineering Manager

As Microsoft continues to lead the way in innovation for productivity, Clipchamp is at the forefront of transforming how people create and share video content. We are the go-to video platform with a simple mission: to empower anyone to tell stories worth sharing. With nearly one hundred million registered users worldwide, we’re just getting started.

We are looking for a **Principal Software Engineering Manager** to join our team and help shape the future of video creation. From automating video editing tasks to enabling entirely new forms of storytelling, your team will help enable the next generation of intelligent, user-friendly video tools.

You’ll join a nimble, cross-disciplinary team embedded within Microsoft, working with software engineers, product managers and designers to deliver innovative solutions. If you’re passionate about delivering world-class products in creative, real-world scenarios and want to work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and storytelling, we want to hear from you.

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**:

- Delivering success through empowerment and accountability. Managers model Microsoft values, coach for success, and demonstrate care for individuals.
- Supporting software engineers to continuously learn, improve skills, and grow their careers.
- Providing and receiving honest feedback, fostering open communication.
- Advocating for your team, help them remove obstacles, unlock their potential and improve their performance
- Guiding partnerships with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements and helping your team break down objectives, identify dependencies, and define success criteria.
- Guiding your team to drive project plans, release plans, and work items in coordination with appropriate stakeholders.
- Create and sustain an effective team culture. We value and promote a high trust environment where we work closely and effectively with others.

We emphasize a culture of continuous learning and so having a growth mindset and passion for learning is important. You should expect that your teammates will be invested in helping make you successful and expect the same in return from you. We recognize and celebrate the uniqueness of each person on the team and leverage our diversity to create more inclusive products for our customers.

**Qualifications**:
**Required Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
- 4+ years of people management.
- 3+ years of engineering experience.
- Solid servant leadership skills and passion for supporting and developing people, with proven experience recruiting, hiring, coaching and defining growth paths for engineering teams.
- Great communication with the ability to consider others’ ideas, implement new methods, surface and resolve disagreements and empathize with users without breaking a sweat.

**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**:

- Experience in software development in enterprise or high-compliance fields.
- Experience with cross-functional product teams.