Microsoft

Principal Group Engineering Manager

Microsoft • $165K — $296K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field plus 8+ years of coding experience in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Master's Degree plus 12+ years or Bachelor's Degree plus 15+ years of relevant experience is preferred.
  • 8+ years of experience in managing teams and leading multiple engineering groups.
  • Expertise in operating large-scale distributed systems or production cloud services.
  • Experience in security domain, specifically threat protection and intelligence.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a globally distributed engineering team focused on real-time systems and data platforms.
  • Drive modernization of the protection stack utilizing Kubernetes and advanced computing technologies.
  • Unify threat intelligence into a cohesive platform accessible across Microsoft Security services.
  • Scale AI-driven detection capabilities for a billion devices.
  • Ensure cloud services are reliable and continuously improve on global scale.
  • Mentor engineers and leaders to promote technical excellence and ownership.
  • Champion a culture of innovation and accountability in tackling complex engineering challenges.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Retirement savings plans with company match.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • Employee training and development programs.
  • Wellness programs to support physical and mental health.
Full Job Description
Overview

Some systems you can quietly take offline at 2am for maintenance. This is not one of them. Every time someone clicks a link, opens a file, or loads a website on one of the more than a billion devices Microsoft Defender protects, a question has to be answered in milliseconds: is this safe? Tens of billions of times a day, the cloud services behind that answer say yes, or no, and stand behind it. I'm looking for the leader who will own them. Here's what you'll own. This is the cloud brain of Microsoft Defender's real-time protection: file threat defense, URL and web reputation, network protection, and the threat-intelligence pipelines and verdict services that feed them. It's powered by hundreds of ML models and graph-based intelligence, drawing on first- and third-party signal at planetary scale. It cannot be wrong, and it cannot be slow. Become an integral member of the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) Team. Our mission is to safeguard every user with innovative proactive protection, detection, and response technologies, aiming to stay ahead of malicious actors and anticipating the threats of the future. We're looking for a Principal Group Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers to design and build the next generation

Responsibilities
  • Lead a globally distributed engineering organization across North America and Europe, spanning real-time systems, large-scale data platforms, machine learning, and threat intelligence.
  • Drive a critical and complex technical agenda, including:
    • Modernizing the protection stack onto Kubernetes, modern .NET, and ARM-based compute
    • Unifying fragmented threat intelligence into a single platform and API layer leveraged across Microsoft Security
    • Scaling AI-driven detection capabilities
    • Ensuring services remain always-on and continuously improve in efficiency at global scale (supporting over a billion users)
  • Define and set the technical direction for protecting a billion devices in real time, shaping one of the most consequential engineering missions within Microsoft Security.
  • Build, operate, and evolve large-scale, low-latency cloud services with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
  • Grow and develop engineers and engineering leaders, setting a high bar for technical excellence, ownership, and impact.
  • Lead from the front on the most challenging engineering problems, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and care in building world-class systems.
  • Embody our Culture and Values


Qualifications

Required 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.


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 qualifications:

  • Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of people management experience, including experience leading multiple teams and managing other managers.
  • 8+ years of experience designing, delivering, and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud services in production.
  • Proven track record operating always-on, low-latency, high-availability cloud services at global scale (high request-per-second, multi-region, including sovereign clouds).
  • Domain background in security - threat protection, threat intelligence, anti-malware, web/URL or network protection, EDR, or detection systems.
  • Experience leading AI/ML-driven systems and large-scale data platforms (e.g., telemetry, model training and serving, graph-based intelligence).


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Software Engineering M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600.00 - $296,400.00 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 $220,800.00 - $331,200.00 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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