Overview
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.
Would you like to spend your days building the systems that protect the world? We are looking for an Engineering Manager leader who wants to shape the future of application security. On the left side of the development spectrum sits source code: the logic developers write, review, and commit. On the right sits the runtime: compiled binaries, running processes, and production applications under active attack. Today these two worlds are largely disconnected.
Security teams find vulnerabilities in running applications but have no fast path back to the code, dependency, or owner that caused the exposure. Developers ship code with little visibility into how it will behave in production or how attackers will target it. Closing that gap is one of the most important unsolved problems in security, and it's where we're taking Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. As the Engineering Manager for this space, you'll build and lead the team that designs, delivers, and operates how Defender protects the software development lifecycle, from the first line of code through build, deployment, runtime, detection, response, and remediation. You'll partner across Defender, GitHub, Azure, Windows, Microsoft AI, and M365 to turn a major industry shift into real systems customers can trust and act on.
There are very few roles where you can help create a new category from one of the most important platforms in enterprise security. This is one of them. If you want your work to change how organizations secure the software they depend on, let's talk.
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead the engineering team responsible for designing, delivering, and operating how Microsoft Defender protects the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Drive end-to-end protection across the lifecycle, from the first line of code through build, deployment, runtime, detection, response, and remediation.
- Partner across Microsoft Defender, GitHub, Azure, Windows, Microsoft AI, and M365 to translate a major industry shift into real systems customers can trust and act on.
- Help create and shape a new category within one of the most important platforms in enterprise security.
- Embody our Cultureand Values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor'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.
**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.
Preferred qualifications:
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.
Experience designing, delivering, and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud services in production.
4+ years of people management experience, including experience leading multiple teams and managing other managers.
Proven track record operating always-on, low-latency, high-availability cloud services at global scale (high request-per-second, multi-region, including sovereign clouds).
Domain background in security such as threat protection, threat intelligence, anti-malware, web/URL or network protection, EDR, or detection systems.
Experience leading AI/ML-driven systems and large-scale data platforms (e.g., telemetry, model training and serving, graph-based intelligence).
Experience driving large-scale platform modernization and migrations (e.g., Kubernetes/AKS, modern .NET, ARM-based compute) and operational efficiency/COGS improvements.
Demonstrated ability to set technical strategy, influence senior stakeholders, and drive execution across organizational boundaries.
Experience building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
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Software Engineering M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.
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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about **requesting accommodations.**