Principal Software Engineer

Are you an accomplished engineer with a proven track record in leading high-scale engineering teams and tackling critical security challenges in today’s digital world? Microsoft Security is seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager to lead a key subsystem in a groundbreaking project to develop a scalable, high-performance data platform for security data. In this role, you will drive the technical strategy and feature development end-to-end, managing a talented team of engineers while collaborating with multiple partner teams to achieve exceptional results.
At Microsoft Security, our mission is to create a safer digital world by developing an end-to-end security cloud that simplifies and strengthens our customers' security postures. In an era of increasing threats, regulatory demands, and complex digital estates, organizations need robust solutions to manage and secure vast amounts of data across on-premises, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments.

We are building an exabyte-scale data platform to help enterprises:

• Inventory and map their entire digital estate: From devices and users to permissions, data systems, and virtual machines, we enable organizations to discover and gain visibility into every asset.
• Integrate and normalize data: By pre-integrating security data from various sources and standardizing it, we empower customers to manage security logs more efficiently and affordable.
• Answer critical security and governance questions: We provide insights and control over security landscapes, leveraging advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to detect patterns, uncover threats, and make informed decisions in real-time.
• As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of a critical subsystem within this high-scale data platform. You will manage and mentor a team of engineers, drive technical strategy, and work closely with product management, security experts, and other engineering teams to ensure alignment on requirements and successful delivery. Your role will encompass both technical and managerial responsibilities, ensuring your team's work meets the highest standards of scalability, security, and performance.

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.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and Manage: Oversee the design, implementation, and delivery of a critical subsystem, managing a team of engineers and fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Drive Technical Strategy: Develop and drive the technical strategy for your subsystem, working with partner teams to align on goals and technical decisions.
• Feature Development: Guide the end-to-end development of features, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Mentor and Develop Talent: Provide mentorship and leadership to senior and engineers, ensuring technical excellence and adherence to best practices.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize subsystem performance to handle extensive security data, ensuring scalability, availability, and security.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote continuous improvement by adopting
• new technologies and methodologies to enhance platform capabilities.
  Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product management, security experts, data scientists, and other engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions and ensure seamless delivery.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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
• 5+ years of experience with distributed systems delivering large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud services

Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requiremen