Principal Engineering Manager
About The Position
Microsoft Security is establishing a new Engineering Excellence organization to define world-class security engineering for the agentic AI era. The organization will build and scale core product-making systems that improve developer and builder productivity and enable AI-assisted workflows across Microsoft Security. The Principal Engineering Manager will bring expertise in developer platforms and large-scale engineering infrastructure to drive AI engineering workflows and measurable outcomes. The role involves working across complex codebases, tooling ecosystems, and infrastructure layers, and building reusable systems that transform how product development is done at scale. The position emphasizes engineering judgment, technical depth, quality, reliability, velocity, and creating feedback loops to continuously improve engineering systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of people management experience.
- Deep expertise in developer platforms and large-scale engineering infrastructure.
- Understanding of state-of-the-art agent-based systems and human-in-the-loop design.
Responsibilities
- Drive step-function improvements in developer productivity by designing and scaling AI-first engineering systems, shared platforms, and secure, compliant workflows adopted across Microsoft Security.
- Modernize fragmented tooling into a cohesive foundation.
- Establish reusable standards for build, validation, observability, experimentation, and cost-aware design.
- Influence teams across the organization through systems that improve daily engineering practice rather than relying on policy alone.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
