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Principal Software Engineering Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time💰 $142,800–$142,800🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead engineering for high-scale threat detection, unified risk models, and AI agents that simulate attacks to protect users and systems in real-time.

Role type

Principal Software Engineering Manager (ML/Security focus)

Builds

Production ML models, data ingestion pipelines, AI agents, and client services for threat detection and risk modeling.

Domain

Cybersecurity, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, GenAI, High-scale distributed systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Machine learning, deep learning, GenAI, system design for high scale/throughput/low latency, people management, requirement definition, KPI planning, C/C++/C#/Java/JavaScript/Python

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python

Responsibilities

Train ML models for threat detection and unified risk models; define requirements, KPIs, and priorities for engineering deliverables; design and implement high-scale client and services; mentor junior team members; build AI agents for vulnerability detection and attack simulation; build data platforms and signal ingestion pipelines; integrate ML models into production systems for real-time protection.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with people management

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