Principal Software ENG Manager

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Date posted

Aug 26, 2025

Job number

1863636

Work site

Microsoft on-site only

Travel

0-25%

Role type

People Manager

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

The Microsoft Security organization's mission of making the world a safer place has never been more important. As threats become more frequent and sophisticated, we drive improvements in our security products that keep our customers safe. Security is one of the fastest growing, collaborative, fun teams with a startup mindset within Microsoft. The Microsoft Defender family offers comprehensive threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities for everyone – from individuals looking to protect their family to the world's largest enterprises.

We are looking for a talented & experienced Principal Software Engineering Manager to join our team as a manager and help us design, develop, and deliver cutting-edge cloud services and big data solutions that enable our customers to secure their endpoints and respond to threats.

Our team has people from a wide variety of backgrounds, previous work histories, and life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. We are passionate about learning on the job, collaborating with other teams, and being customer obsessed. Come join us if you are passionate about positively impacting over a billion users from all walks of life through easy-to-use cyber security products.

• 10+ years' experience in software engineering working on large scale software and a proven track record of having shipped commercially successful software products & services.
• 3+ years of experience in managing and building teams
• Proven track record architecting and building performant, scalable, reliable, distributed cloud services and driving cost & operational efficiency.
• Passion for driving engineering excellence, optimization and efficiency initiatives.
• Experience with big data technology and data ingestion / processing pipelines.
• Proficiency in C/C++, C# (.NET Core) or Python.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills and ability to work in a fast-paced and agile environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and ability to work effectively in a diverse cross geo team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn, share and improve.
• Passion for security and customer satisfaction.
• Bachelors' or Masters' degree in Computer Science

We are looking for fast learning, highly-motivated, creative and analytical Software Engineering Managers. In this position you will work closely with other security engineering disciplines to plan, architect, design, implement and validate, security products and features. In addition to strong technical skills, you should have a passion for innovation and software quality. You will be responsible to perform investigations and investments in complex areas; designing and delivering features end to end - including system architecture, code, deployment, scale, performance and quality, from conception to delivery

As an Engineer Manager, you will be responsible in working closely with the peers, partners and building a diverse and inclusive team that is high performing teams

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, maintainable services
• Demonstrate strategic understanding of the timing and rationale for design choices, within the scope of work.
• Consistently contribute key ideas to the product or service design and vision that meets the customer's needs
• Drive design reviews across the team and apply expertise in available technologies
• metrics to drive the quality and stability of code
• Have a sense of pride, commitment, and personal accountability for the service quality, completeness and resulting user experience for the life of the product or service
• Work closely with geographically distributed team, including Product Managers and developers, to drive key improvements in backend Engineering System.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Industry leading healthcare

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Educational resources

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Discounts on products and services

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Savings and investments

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Maternity and paternity leave

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Generous time away

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Giving programs

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Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.