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.

The Identity and Network Access engineering team builds and manages Microsoft’s authentication services for all Microsoft’s Cloud -- Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox, or Dynamics. We are the Core Authentication Team, and we are building the authentication services behind Entra ID and Microsoft Account, covering the full spectrum of authentication scenarios (consumer, enterprise, B2B, CIAM). These massive services provide the sign-in user experience for the hundreds of millions of users accessing Microsoft Cloud's services. We pride ourselves with our technical excellence, customer obsession and broad experience that comes with running very large scale services and experiences. 

We are looking for a Principal Group Software Engineering Manager to lead our User Experience Teams. We have just released a new modern look to our Microsoft Account sign-in experience and we will continue to invest in the modernization and simplification of all sign-in and account related experiences, across our offerings. We are looking for a leader who can shape the vision and lead the teams through this evolution. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of user authentication for hundreds of millions globally. We foster a culture of innovation - with hackathons, prototyping and fast iteration, and deep collaboration across domains — empowering leaders at every level to experiment, learn, and influence the product and broader organization. You will champion the adoption of cutting-edge AI tools in our engineering and in our products, while working with diverse, high-performing teams who share a passion for customer-centric, impactful engineering.

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. 

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.
• 6+ years of people management experience including hiring, developing, and inspiring high-performing, distributed teams.
• 5+ years of experience operating and scaling large-scale cloud services, with technical depth in building secure, user-centric experiences.

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 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in security and privacy, particularly in authentication and identity solutions.
• Experience integrating AI technologies into customer-facing products or engineering processes.

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 28th, 2025.

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• Lead a Global Engineering Team: Oversee a team of approximately 50 engineers across two development centers (U.S. and Ireland), ensuring alignment, collaboration, and delivery across time zones.

• Establish and Evolve Product Vision: Define and drive the long-term vision for the user experience domain, aligning it with evolving business needs and customer expectations.

• Accelerate AI Integration: Champion the adoption of AI-driven tools and technologies, both in the engineering lifecycle and within the product experience, to enhance efficiency and innovation.

• Coach and Develop Engineering Leaders: Mentor a diverse group of Engineering Managers and Principal Engineers, fostering a culture of growth, accountability, and high performance.

• Foster Cross-Team Collaboration: Build and maintain partnerships with engineering teams across Microsoft, driving alignment and delivering shared goals in a “One Microsoft” approach.

• Embody our Culture and Values