Senior Software Engineering Manager - Microsoft Threat Protection

Cyber-attacks are increasing in volume and sophistication, evading traditional defenses, and posing a growing risk to enterprises from outside criminal organizations and malicious insiders in the organization. The Microsoft 365 Defender suite leverages the Microsoft 365 security portfolio - including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Office, Cloud Apps and Identity, as well as Microsoft Sentinel and XDR - to automatically analyze threat data across domains, building a complete picture of each attack in a single dashboard to monitor, hunt, detect and remediate threats. With this breadth and depth of clarity defenders can now focus on critical threats and hunt for sophisticated breaches, trusting that the powerful automation in Microsoft's security products detects and stops attacks anywhere in the cyber-attack kill chains and returns the organization to a secure state. Join our team of engineers to develop cutting edge detection and remediation systems. Be a part of defining and shaping the next big leap in the product's journey.

We use state of the art cloud technologies, big data solutions and AI at hyper scale and modern UX platform to deliver the highest value for our customers. If you're passionate about cyber security like us, and if you live and love data, want to make the world a safer place for millions of customers, love creating products for and with customers and are a team player - come join us. Our team values diversity of all types in candidates for our roles and we strive to hire people with different experiences and perspectives into our team. To that end, we know that no candidate has every desired skill and experience, but all of us together makes our team strong. so, we’re looking for an experienced hands-on Senior Software Engineering manager to join our fast-growing team.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Senior engineering team leader, with proven management skills, passion for impact, strong technically and hands-on that can balance drive for results, team-work and the ability to quickly learn and pick up new technologies & applications. If you are passionate about building a large scale services and Big Data platform challenges and excited about security, come join us - together we can make a worldwide impact! We are looking for a Senior to Principal engineering team leader, with proven management skills, passion for impact, strong technically and hands-on that can balance drive for results, team-work and the ability to quickly learn and pick up new technologies & applications. The team leader will be responsible for-

• Team Leadership and Mentorship: Lead and mentor a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. Provide guidance and support to help team members grow in their roles.
• Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects. Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business goals.
• Technical Oversight: Provide technical direction to the engineering team, including architecture decisions, code reviews, and ensuring best practices are followed.
• Hiring and Talent Development: Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineering talent. Focus on building a diverse and high-performing team, and support the ongoing development of engineers through training and feedback.
• Collaboration Across Teams: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals, priorities, and technical requirements.
• Resource Allocation: Manage resource allocation within the team, balancing priorities and workloads to ensure efficient project progress.
• Process Improvement: Continuously assess and improve development processes, tools, and workflows to optimize team efficiency and product quality.
• Product Quality Assurance: Ensure the team delivers high-quality, reliable, and scalable software by instilling best practices for testing, code quality, and continuous integration and deployment.
  
  

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development (C/C++, Java, C# or other object-oriented programming language).
• 3+ years of experience as software engineering team leader
• Passion for technologies
• Experience in overseeing large development projects and teams in complex environments with multiple interfaces.
• Team player with highly effective collaboration skills across teams and groups.
• Role model for other engineers
  
  

–Responsible, thorough, proactive and inclusive.

• Background in Cloud and/or Security- advantage
  
  

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