Principal Group Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.

The Azure Databases Security and Compliance team is hiring a Principal Group Software Engineering Manager to lead the charter of securing our infrastructure and customers through multi-disciplined teams focused on application and operational security, security monitoring and detections, and security incident response.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Required/Minimum 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.
• 6+ years people management experience
• 4+ Experience working directly on security of distributed systems

Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

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

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ 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.
• Prior experience working within and across large enterprise organizations.
• Prior experience working within or closely with offensive security, ethical hacking teams.
• Prior experience performing security threat model reviews.
• Prior experience performing security incident response, threat analysis, and/or impact analysis.

Software Engineering M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $161,600 - $286,200 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 $209,600 - $314,400 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 10, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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As a Principal Group Software Engineering Manager, you will lead and own key areas of security – working closely with our product, engineering peers and collaborate with teams within and outside our organization. The key responsibilities include:

• Security Assurance – Performing design and threat model reviews, penetration testing, static and dynamic analysis (e.g. fuzzing), and operational security testing.
• Security Infrastructure – Providing libraries and tooling to harden components from known threat vectors by making them secure by default.
• Security Monitoring and Detection – Gathering signals from the machines and applications, detecting potential intrusions or anomalous behavior.
• Security Incident Response – Threat analysis, impact analysis, and cross-team coordination and collaboration in the event of a security incident.

You will be responsible for a group of software engineers and their managers - making sure your group is thriving and productive, nurturing individuals’ careers and cultivating Microsoft values within it.
To do that you will need to:

• Lead and manage a group of software engineers, individual contributors and their managers - promoting a culture of ownership and accountability.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance in the design, development, testing, and deployment of high-quality software.
• Ensure that projects are completed on time with quality and meet all business and system requirements.
• Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables.
• Mentor and coach team members, assisting with their professional growth.

Embody our culture and values