Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all by reshaping security and empowering 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 looking for a Principal Engineering Manager to lead an engineering team within Auth UX org — the org that builds the sign-in and sign-up experiences that are the front door to Microsoft for over a billion users. Our team owns the end-to-end authentication experience across login.microsoftonline.com and login.live.com, from the first pixel a user sees to the token that grants them access. We sweat every detail: the flow that gets someone into their account in two taps, the passwordless experience that makes a password feel archaic, the recovery journey that earns back a customer's trust when they've been locked out. We believe the best identity experience is one the user barely notices — and when they do notice it, it delights them. That means shipping passkeys that feel native, MFA flows that don't interrupt, SSPR experiences that actually work when someone is stressed and locked out, and Conditional Access policies that protect without punishing. We obsess over conversion, latency, accessibility, and clarity — because at our scale, a 1% improvement in sign-in success is millions of people getting to what they need faster. You will own team health, technical direction, and end-to-end delivery — building best-in-class identity experiences that reach every Microsoft customer, across consumer and enterprise spaces. This is a high-visibility role where great UX engineering and customer empathy translate directly into product outcomes that matter. 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 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• 4+ years people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and coach a diverse and inclusive team of engineers to thrive in the fast-changing world of AI.
• Set technical and product direction for the team, aligning engineering investments with customer needs and business priorities.
• Create clarity and accountability by establishing goals, decision-making mechanisms, and execution rhythms that help the team deliver with predictability and impact.
• Build a culture of ownership, inclusion, and continuous growth by setting high standards, building sustainable systems, and reinforcing learning through regular feedback and reflection.
• Model and coach the team in AI-first engineering practices grounded in software engineering fundamentals, driving up both speed of execution and product quality.
• Champion a customer-obsessed culture by guiding the team to turn customer and developer feedback into innovative platform improvements that address real-world needs.
• Establish clear ownership and operating mechanisms that ensure live site health, effective incident response, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• 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.
• If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal