Principal Engineering Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage software engineering team in the design, development, testing and development of technologies.
• Builds and maintains strategic and impactful partnerships to align cross-functional security and product teams and drive outcomes and set standards. Facilitate communication for effective collaboration between cross-functional teams, including product management, security assurance and software architects.
• Provide technical leadership to develop and implement engineering standards and procedures for technical excellence and high quality outcomes. Sets accountability for adherence of appropriate policies and procedures around developing, troubleshooting, and reviewing code. Ensures tools and available resources for the full code development process are appropriate.
• Mentor and develop team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment
• Develops best practices for others to review debugging tools, logs, telemetry, and other methods, and acts as an expert for others to verify assumptions through writing and developing code proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur across products and multiple teams.
• Embeds security engineering throughout the development lifecycle; defines secure coding practices, ensures regulatory compliance, and leads incident readiness and vulnerability mitigation strategies.
• Oversees overall system architecture of critical security services and products. Establishes processes to measure and ensure system architecture is effective and meets the current and future needs and requirements
• Lead by modeling Microsoft’s values, coaching teams toward clear outcomes, and caring deeply about individual growth—empowering others through clarity, accountability, and support.
• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

• 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.
• 8+ years of experience in leading engineering teams or managing technical projects, collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholders to deliver complex solutions, drive innovation, and achieve measurable results in large-scale or mission-critical environments.
• 8+ years of experience in designing, building, and operating scalable, highly available cloud services or distributed systems on platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP, including production ownership, CI/CD integration, and applying distributed systems concepts (e.g., concurrency, conflict resolution, consensus algorithms) for resilience and maintainability.

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  Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years people management experience.