Principal Group Software Engineering Manager

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower 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 authentic selves each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

Security Copilot empowers defenders to detect hidden patterns, harden defenses, and respond to incidents faster with generative AI.  While Generative AI has created a new set of possibilities, it’s also created a new set of challenges: hallucination, prompt injection, Security of AI systems etc. Our Cloud Ecosystem Security Team is at the forefront of both the opportunities and the challenges for Microsoft Security.  We are looking for a Principal Group Software Engineering Manager for Security Copilot to drive our mission to bring cutting-edge AI security research projects into the hands of eager customers. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and empowering teams to maximize productivity. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. 

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.

This Hybrid Position is located at our Microsoft office in Redmond, Washington. Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates will need to relocate or reside within 50 miles of the field location. 

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of inclusion, innovation, and continuous learning through the Model-Coach-Care leadership approach.
• Drive the development of secure, scalable, and performant generative AI services that translate natural language into KQL and SQL.
• Collaborate with product teams early in the development cycle to shape scenarios and provide technical direction.
• Define and guide architecture, design, and implementation across the full engineering lifecycle.
• Ensure operational excellence through robust testing, monitoring, and live site management.
• Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes effectively to stakeholders and leadership.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including other engineering managers and first-party teams, to drive plugin and agent development.
• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
• 2+ years of experience as a people manager, with a track record of leading engineering teams.

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related