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Principal Software Engineering Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-31 → 2026-09-27

Core

Provide technical leadership on system architecture, security, compliance, and deployment automation for complex products while managing engineering teams.

Role type

Principal Software Engineering Manager (hands-on IC)

Builds

Complex software products with robust security, scalability, and automated deployment pipelines

Domain

Software Engineering / Cybersecurity / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

System architecture design, security engineering, test automation, CI/CD pipeline management, incident response, team leadership, resource management, coding in C/C++/C#/Java/JavaScript/Python

Preferred skills

AI tooling adoption, feature flag experimentation, telemetry implementation, cost optimization, mentoring

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, AI tools, CI/CD tools, telemetry systems

Responsibilities

Lead system architecture design and evaluate design options for complex products. Establish best practices for test strategies and security testing. Drive collaboration with partner teams for end-to-end testing and live-site readiness. Enforce security best practices, code reviews, and incident response processes. Manage project planning, resource allocation, and release execution. Lead people management through coaching, growth fostering, and performance guidance. Oversee safe deployment practices including rollback plans and dependency monitoring. Provide technical leadership in code reviews to ensure quality and adherence to standards.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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