Principal Software Engineering Manager - Microsoft Red Team

Lead, grow, and coach a team of software engineers, building an inclusive, high-trust culture where people do the best work of their careers. Deliver and operate the initial access tooling that human red team operators depend on in live engagements, holding a high bar for reliability, tradecraft, and operational security. Contribute engineering leadership to the broader AI-driven adversary emulation platform, partnering with peer engineering teams globally on architecture and shared components. Partner closely with red team operators, security researchers, product management, and engineering leaders across the U.S. and ILDC to align investments with the highest-impact attack paths. Hire, develop, and retain great engineers; set clear expectations, give candid feedback, and grow the next generation of technical leaders on the team. Drive engineering excellence across the team - design reviews, code quality, secure development practices, live-site health, and continuous improvement. Our team focuses on diversity of all types in candidates, and we strive to hire people with different experiences and perspectives. To that end, we know that no candidate has every desired skill and experience, but together we make a strong, effective team. You bring 10+ years of professional hands-on software development experience, with a track record of shipping and operating production systems. You bring 3+ years of people management experience leading software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management. Experience building software in the cybersecurity domain - e.g., red team / offensive tooling, endpoint or cloud security products, detection and response, threat protection, or closely adjacent security engineering. Excellent cross-functional and cross-geo collaboration skills; ability to influence without authority across operators, researchers, and partner engineering teams. You bring a B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience Demonstrated ability to set direction in ambiguous, unsolved problem spaces and translate strategy into execution that delivers measurable impact. Experience with offensive security - red teaming, penetration testing, malware/tooling development, or offensive cyber operations. Experience with applications that leverage LLMs or autonomous agents - whether hands-on or through leading teams that build them (agentic architectures, prompt engineering, evaluation, or integrating generative AI into production or research systems). Experience leading teams through growth or charter expansion, and developing engineers into senior and principal contributors. Familiarity with the modern attacker kill chain, MITRE ATT&CK, and adversary tradecraft against cloud and AI environments. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. *