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Principal Security Engineer Manager

Microsoft· Penetration Testing
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Redmond, WA$142.8k - $274.8kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead and manage a security engineering team within the Windows Attack Research & Protection (WARP) group to build automation for vulnerability discovery and remediation in native code, with a focus on securing Windows client and server OSes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of engineers in building highly-reliable, accurate systems that find, explain, and quantify the impact of security vulnerabilities in native code.
  • Build world-class tools to enable security researchers to work more effectively and find new categories of vulnerabilities.
  • Devise new methods to systematically detect vulnerabilities at scale.
  • Build tools to enable developers to perform automated, scalable security testing.
  • Collaborate with product teams to improve security, and articulate the business value of security investments.
  • Create clarity, energy, and cohesion across the team.

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in security or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years experience in security or related field OR equivalent experience
  • 1+ year(s) people management.

Skills

Required:Security engineering leadershipVulnerability detection and remediationC/C++Automation tooling
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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