Principal Group Engineering Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

We are looking for a Principal Group Engineering Manager (GEM) to lead the Meeting Prep engineering team—a mission critical pillar of Microsoft’s Calendar and Copilot experiences.
This team builds the intelligence that helps people show up prepared to meetings: synthesizing context across calendar, email, documents, and conversations to deliver concise, high quality briefs before meetings. The role sits at the intersection of applied AI, productivity, and product craft, and requires a leader who can translate ambiguous user needs into durable, scalable systems.
Ship at Microsoft Scale
Drive execution across multiple workstreams with dependencies on shared platform teams.
Make principled tradeoffs between scope, velocity, and reliability.
Operate effectively in a fast paced, large, crossorg environment.
What Success Looks Like
Meeting prep becomes a default habit for high impact users because it consistently saves time and improves outcomes.
The team delivers clear, structured, executive ready briefings that users trust without second guessing.
Engineers on the team demonstrate solid ownership, product sense, and pride in craft.
The system scales across meeting types—from 1:1s to leadership reviews—without fragmenting.
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.

Requirements

• Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of professional engineering experience, including 4+ years of engineering management.
• Technical background in distributed systems and AI.
• Track record of shipping customer facing features with high quality and adoption.
• Efficient Written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building AI Powered productivity or developer tools.
• Deep product judgment—knowing when “good enough” is not good enough.
• Familiarity with largescale evaluation, quality frameworks, and telemetry for AI systems.
• Experience working across Calendar, Mail, or document centric ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Work with LT and PM team to create and propose the vision, strategy and long-term road map for our Meeting Prep AI initiative.
• Review design and implementation and ensure it is aligned with our long-term vision and roadmap.
• Create execution roadmap and lead/drive the engineering team to execute on the vision
• Work with PM and partner teams to build and support services and infrastructure needs.
• Recruit and build a engineering team with diverse and inclusive culture
• Coach and guide leaders and engineers in the engineering team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees