Principal Engineer

Overview

The Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, and Power BI, is experiencing rapid growth. Organizations globally are adopting low-code/no-code development models to accelerate their digital transformation. This platform is a strategic growth area for Microsoft and a disruptive technology, empowering a broader range of users with "Citizen access" to create next-generation business productivity software through simplified experiences, reducing the need for extensive training. It's transforming careers for 'citizen developers,' enhancing the productivity of professional developers, and enabling IT to innovate at the pace businesses require. Power Apps, a key product in this suite, democratizes business app building by allowing users to create feature-rich, custom business applications without writing code. The team is focused on evolving Power Apps into the premier platform for organizations to build and deploy rich, interactive, AI-enabled, native mobile applications.

The Team:

This is a dynamic and passionate team that embraces an iterative build-measure-learn development approach, working collaboratively towards building a product that customers love. Product design and development involve close collaboration with customers, analysis of usage telemetry, and other key signals to drive continuous evolution based on customer demand and adoption. Deep collaboration across Product Management, Design, Engineering, and Science is fundamental, with all disciplines playing vital roles in the product development process.

The Power Apps team is committed to innovation, delivering best-in-class Native Mobile & AI experiences to empower millions of users with personalized, dynamic, and rich interactive experiences. The team fosters a culture of diversity, collaboration, and innovation, valuing unique perspectives and contributions. The agile, start-up-like environment encourages out-of-the-box thinking and empowers each team member to contribute to the shared mission of delivering highly innovative capabilities that will redefine the future of business applications.

The Candidate:

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive the strategy, development, and deployment of the Power Apps mobile platform. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional teams across Engineering, Design, Research, and Product Management to ensure alignment. You will have the opportunity to mentor other engineers, guiding them in delivering an exceptional mobile platform that organizations can leverage to build compelling native mobile apps for their business needs.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we unite with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Every day, we build upon our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to foster an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical strategy and architecture for mobile applications across multiple platforms including iOS and Android.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, designers, and product managers to advance the features and capabilities of our mobile applications.
• Lead the development of high-quality, scalable, and secure mobile applications.
• Mentor and lead other engineers to architect and deliver game-changing mobile experiences.
• Ensure alignment of technical strategy across the organization.
• Optimize mobile application performance and user experience.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends across mobile and AI technologies to ensure our mobile applications are cutting-edge.