Principal Engineering Manager (Microsoft Security)

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND demonstrated technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated professional experience leading software engineering teams that build and operate production services and experience developing engineers, building healthy teams, and setting clear standards for execution and engineering quality.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex engineering work from strategy and design through delivery and live-site operation.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across organizational boundaries while communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of software engineers, driving clarity on priorities, ownership, expectations, and outcomes.
• Define and execute the engineering strategy for platform services that enable customers to understand, govern, and secure permissions across applications, AI workloads, agents, and automated systems.
• Own end-to-end service delivery, including architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, monitoring, reliability, and long-term platform health.
• Elevate engineering excellence through strong design reviews, code quality standards, secure development practices, automation, observability, and operational rigor.
• Drive operational excellence by ensuring service health, managing incidents, leading root-cause analysis, and implementing preventive measures to reduce recurring customer impact.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, architects, security teams, and partner organizations across Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Security to deliver seamless platform experiences.
• Champion the responsible use of AI-assisted engineering practices to improve developer productivity, software quality, team learning, and delivery velocity.

Perks and Benefits

• Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Czechia is Kč 1,983,000.00 - Kč 3,553,000.00 per year.
• Opportunity for benefits and other compensation.
• Position open for a minimum of 5 days with ongoing applications accepted.
• Equal opportunity employer promoting diversity and inclusion.