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Microsoft · 12 hours ago

Principal Group Engineering Manager

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityLead/Staff, Director/Executive
money$163K/yr - $296K/yr
date8+ years exp

Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world, and they are seeking a driven and experienced Principal Group Engineering Manager to lead security strategies across critical services. In this high-impact role, you will lead an engineering team and collaborate with senior leadership to assess risks and evolve defenses based on the threat landscape.

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Responsibilities

Lead and manage software engineering team in the design, development, testing of new technologies across multiple streams
Builds and maintains strategic and impactful partnerships to align cross-functional security and product teams and drive outcomes and set standards. Facilitate communication for effective collaboration between cross-functional teams, including product management, security assurance and software architects. Demonstrate clear understanding and ability to translate requirements to engineering deliverables
Provide technical leadership to develop and implement engineering standards and procedures for technical excellence and high quality outcomes. Own and drive accountability for adherence of appropriate policies and procedures around developing, troubleshooting, and reviewing code. Ensures tools and available resources for the full code development process are appropriate
Mentor and develop team members, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment
Develops best practices for others to review debugging tools, logs, telemetry, and other methods, and acts as an expert for others to verify assumptions through writing and developing code proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur across products and multiple teams

Qualification

C programmingC++ programmingC# programmingJava programmingPython programmingPeople managementTechnical leadershipCollaborationMentoringProblem-solving

Required

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
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Preferred

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
6+ years people management experience

Benefits

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
dateFounded in 1975
location
Redmond, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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https://www.microsoft.com

H1B Sponsorship

Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1M
Key Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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Vukani Mngxati
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