Principal Group Engineering Manager

Overview

Are you passionate about defending customers against rapidly evolving cyber threats and empowering world‑class security research at Microsoft?

The Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP) Engine powers core protection, detection, and disruption capabilities across cloud, devices, identity, email and beyond. Our mission is to enable Microsoft’s best‑of‑breed security research and response capabilities through our platform and accelerate AI‑first transformation throughout research workflows.

We are building the agentic, unified platform that transforms today’s fragmented security research and SOC workflows into a cohesive, intelligent, scalable system. This platform enables fast and safe experimentation, deep threat analysis, rapid research iteration, and end‑to‑end security insights that improve global protection.

Our team brings together diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and technical depth. We value curiosity, continuous learning, excellence in engineering, and a deep commitment to delivering customer‑obsessed security outcomes.

Responsibilities

As a Group Engineering Manager, you will lead and grow a high‑impact engineering organization chartered with building services and tools research needs to deliver the next generation of protection, research, and disruption capabilities at scale. You will:

• Provide strategic and technical leadership, defining long‑term architecture, investments, and success metrics across your areas of ownership.
• Build, mentor, and develop a diverse engineering team—driving clarity, engineering discipline, secure‑by‑design practices, and a strong culture of collaboration and accountability.
• Partner closely with engineering, research, product, and cross‑security teams to design and deliver end‑to‑end security capabilities that land measurable customer outcomes.
• Establish and operationalize team OKRs/bowlers, service instrumentation, cost optimization, and operational excellence to ensure reliability, performance, and compliance.
• Lead resource planning, quarterly/monthly execution, and cross‑team dependency management to deliver high‑quality solutions on time.
• Continuously improve engineering excellence through automation, CI/CD, governance, threat modeling, and telemetry‑driven insights.
• Champion and accelerate adoption of AI across security research and engineering workflows.
• Foster a data‑driven culture built on trust, transparency, shared ownership, and growth mindset—reflective of Microsoft’s manager expectations.
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• 15+ years of experience building and operating large‑scale commercial software systems.
• 4+ years designing scalable, distributed, cloud‑based services.
• 4+ years delivering microservices‑driven architectures.
• Demonstrated excellence in debugging, problem‑solving, and systems thinking.
• Strong knowledge of secure software development lifecycle principles.
• Familiarity with modern engineering toolchains (Git, build/validation systems, telemetry/monitoring, project tracking, lifecycle management).
• Ability to work independently, manage complex architectural dependencies, and drive clarity in ambiguous spaces.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  
  

Leadership & Engineering Competencies

• Proven ability to develop, coach, and grow engineering talent through structured rhythms (design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, feedback mechanisms).
• Experience setting technical vision and aligning multi‑disciplinary teams across research, engineering, PM, and design.
• Expertise operationalizing engineering systems for reliability, performance, cost efficiency, and compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to build inclusive, collaborative cultures that celebrate diverse experiences and perspectives.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence deeply technical and executive‑level stakeholders.
  
  

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. 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.

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