Principal Engineering Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Engineering Manager. Location: Redmond, Washington, USA

Job Type: Full-Time (Hybrid, 3 days/week in office)

Responsibilities:

• Lead, hire, mentor, and retain a high-performing engineering team.
• Develop senior engineers into future technical leaders and engineering managers.
• Define the technical strategy and product direction for secure identity and authentication platforms.
• Deliver secure, scalable systems that protect users, AI agents, devices, and cloud services.
• Establish engineering standards for designing, testing, and deploying secure AI systems that are reliable, explainable, and reversible.
• Drive best practices for secure AI, authentication, and platform security;
• Foster a culture focused on security, operational excellence, reliability, and engineering quality.
• Collaborate with engineering leaders, executives, and cross-functional teams to shape product roadmaps.
• Represent engineering initiatives to Microsoft leadership and customers.
• Continuously incorporate customer and partner feedback into future platform improvements.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with at least 8 years of software engineering experience, or
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with at least 12 years of software engineering experience, or
• Equivalent professional experience;
• Strong programming experience in one or more of the following languages:
  • C
  • C++
  • C#
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Python
• Ability to meet Microsoft security screening requirements.
• Successfully complete the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hiring and every two years thereafter.

Preferred:

• 3+ years of engineering people management experience.
• Experience building large-scale identity platforms, distributed systems, or security systems.
• Experience leading technical strategy for enterprise-scale software platforms.
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Base salary:
  • U.S.: $142,800 to $274,800 per year.
  • San Francisco Bay Area & New York City: $188,000 to $304,200 per year.
• Eligible for additional benefits and compensation based on role and location.
• Hybrid work arrangement with three in-office days per week.
• Less than 25% travel required.
• Opportunities to lead cutting-edge work in AI security, authentication, and post-quantum security technologies.

Other Information:

• Profession: Software Engineering
• Role Type: People Manager
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days per week in office)
• Travel Requirement: Less than 25%
• The position focuses on securing Microsoft's identity platform, AI agents, authentication systems, and post-quantum readiness.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled;
• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.