The Principal Software Engineering Manager will lead a team focused on service-to-service authentication within Microsoft Security. This role involves defining technical strategies and improving engineering excellence while partnering with various teams across Microsoft. The team is responsible for securing non-human identities and communications, ensuring the reliability and resilience of critical services. This position offers an opportunity to influence the future of authentication systems in the AI era.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
• 10+ years of experience designing, building, and delivering large-scale software products, cloud services, or distributed systems.
• 4+ years of people management experience leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated technical leadership in defining architecture and platform capabilities that operate at scale.

• Lead, coach, and grow a diverse team of engineers to cultivate an inclusive, high-performing culture.
• Define and execute the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for service-to-service authentication capabilities.
• Drive engineering execution by establishing clear priorities and decision-making frameworks.
• Partner across Azure, Security, Entra, and platform teams to deliver secure and scalable identity solutions.
• Champion a security-first engineering culture focused on reliability, privacy, and compliance.
• Drive operational excellence through service ownership and continuous improvement of reliability.
• Foster customer obsession by leveraging feedback to influence strategy and deliver impactful innovations.
• Build and scale engineering systems and processes that enable long-term organizational growth.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.