Principal Engineering Manager- Microsoft Defender for Cloud

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Overview

Are you ready to lead and innovate in the groundbreaking field of AI security? Join us at Microsoft Defender for Cloud, a leading cloud security product within the world's top company, as we shape the future of artificial intelligence security! 🚀

At the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Security for AI team, we are at the forefront of innovation, developing cutting-edge security products and services that set new industry standards. Our team shapes the next generation of security solutions in the field.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Security for AI is an integral component of the Microsoft Defender for Cloud suite, dedicated to cloud-native application protection for AI. Our platform unifies security of development operations (DevSecOps), implements cloud security posture management (CSPM) to identify and prevent breaches, and employs cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) to detect, alert, and respond to real-time cyber-attacks worldwide.

Join our diverse team of talented professionals, including software engineers, security researchers, program managers, and data scientists. Together, we collaborate to develop products that secure our customers, including some of the world's largest and most influential companies.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of software development experience building large scale applications. 
• 3+ years of people management: recruiting, technical leadership and mentorship, personal development, team building, vision, and roadmap creation.
• B.Sc./M.Sc in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
• Lead complex designs, implement with quality and scale, mentor engineers.
• Expertise in architecture, design, development, and deployment of high scale cloud systems.
• Engaging, cooperative, forward thinking, curious and enthusiastic. 
  
  

• Experience with Security/Cyber domains.
• Experience in AI development.
• Experience with the Azure cloud environment.
  
  

• Mentor and inspire a diverse team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Provide technical guidance and expertise to the team, leading by example, assisting with architectural decisions, code reviews, and problem solving.
• Take a broad cross-team and cross-discipline role, working on a product with high visibility and high impact. 
• Lead end-to-end design, implementation and delivery of services and features, following industry best practices, adhering to very high security standards