Principal Software Engineering Manager

Overview Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions.

The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.

Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

We are currently looking for a Principal Software Engineering Manager who can help accomplish the goals and initiative of the Microsoft Security organization. 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 Lead a major Frontier Security Engineering sub-organization (multiple engineering teams and managers across customer tracks such as Perception), owning delivery, talent, and technical strategy at scale. Setting the bar for how Microsoft's most advanced security capabilities reach customers and flow back into the product.

Own the strategy, execution, and outcomes for a multi-team FSE organization spanning several frontier security tracks and a portfolio of strategic customers. Build and lead a team of engineering managers and principal engineers; own hiring, leveling, succession, and a high-trust, inclusive culture.

Be accountable for engagement quality end-to-end (Phases 0–3) and for the engineering signal — defects, tuning gaps, missing guardrails, RBAC/governance gaps — flowing back into product ROBs. Partner at the executive level with MSEC product leaders, the CoE, Account/Field leadership, and customer CISOs.

Drive the operating model's scale: move from 1:1 customer mapping toward a repeatable, generalized "superhighway" across the org Embody our culture and values Qualifications Required/minimum 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.

Additional or 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. 12+ years of software engineering experience 6+ years managing managers/leaders.

Track record leading large engineering orgs that ship in production security, cloud, or AI domains. Demonstrated executive stakeholder management and customer-facing engineering leadership 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. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.

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