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Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Redmond, WA$142.8k - $274.8kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Lead a team of engineers to define technical and organizational strategy for service-to-service authentication at cloud scale, partnering across Microsoft Security, Entra, and Azure to deliver secure, resilient identity solutions and influence the future of service identity for the AI era.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and grow a diverse team of engineers, cultivating an inclusive, high-performing culture that attracts and develops world-class talent.
  • Define and execute the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for service-to-service authentication capabilities that operate at cloud scale.
  • Drive engineering execution by establishing clear priorities, decision-making frameworks, and operating rhythms that enable predictable delivery and measurable impact.
  • Partner across Azure, Security, Entra, and platform teams to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient identity solutions that address evolving customer and business needs.
  • Champion a security-first engineering culture, ensuring systems are designed and operated with a focus on defense-in-depth, reliability, privacy, and compliance.
  • Lead the team's adoption of AI-powered and AI-assisted engineering practices while maintaining a great foundation in software engineering fundamentals and quality.
  • Drive operational excellence through clear service ownership, live-site health management, incident response readiness, and continuous improvement of reliability and resiliency.
  • Foster customer obsession by leveraging customer, developer, and partner feedback to influence strategy and deliver impactful platform innovations.
  • Build and scale engineering systems, processes, and talent pipelines that enable long-term organizational growth and sustainable execution.
  • Serve as a technical and organizational leader, influencing strategy, engineering culture, and cross-company initiatives that shape the future of service identity at Microsoft.

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.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements (Microsoft Cloud Background Check).
  • Additional or Preferred Qualifications include: Bachelor's or Master's degree with more extensive experience (see below), 10+ years of experience designing, building, and delivering large-scale software products, 4+ years of people management, demonstrated architectural leadership, and experience leveraging AI technologies.

Skills

Required:Leadership and People ManagementCloud-scale software architectureSecurity-first engineering
Nice to have:AI-powered engineering practices
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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