Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft
Hyderabad, IndiaPosted Aug 3, 2026

Lead a major Frontier Security Engineering organization, owning delivery, talent, and technical strategy at scale. Own the strategy, execution, and outcomes for a multi-team FSE organization spanning several frontier security tracks and a portfolio of strategic customers. Build and lead a team of engineering managers and principal engineers; own hiring, levelling, succession, and a high-trust, inclusive culture. Be accountable for engagement quality end-to-end (Phases 0-3) and for the engineering signal — defects, tuning gaps, missing guardrails, RBAC/governance gaps — flowing back into product ROBs. Partner at the executive level with MSEC product leaders, the CoE, Account/Field leadership, and customer CISOs. Drive the operating model's scale: move from 1:1 customer mapping toward a repeatable, generalized "superhighway" across the org 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. 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. 6+ years of experience in managing teams. Track record leading large engineering orgs that ship in production security, cloud, or AI domains. Demonstrated executive stakeholder management and customer-facing engineering leadership

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