Software Engineering Manager - AI

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

The Microsoft Red Team attacks ALL Microsoft services, continually – identifying critical, systemic risks, demonstrating authentic attack chains and techniques, and working with engineering teams, investigators, and incident responders to continuously improve their ability to protect, detect, investigate, and respond to real attacks.

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager- AI to lead our Adversary Emulation engineering team. In this role you’ll be expected to lead a team of developers that build AI services to automate red team engagements. Your team will be responsible for developing and leveraging their understanding of attacker techniques, tactics, and procedures to build novel yet robust online services, and to incorporate red team findings into repeatable, automated attacks that help continuously improve Microsoft security.

Our engineers come from diverse backgrounds, are passionate about our products, and grounded in our customers’ needs. Our team values thoughtful engineering, the ability to develop strong relationships with your peers and partners, and the ability to focus on the outcomes that matter.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of people management experience leading engineering teams

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 1st, 2025.

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Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers, applying Microsoft’s management values of Coach, Model, Care in defining business critical outcomes, defining a plan of action for your team, and supporting your team in achieving those outcomes
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design reviews, feedback on product strategy, and prioritization of capabilities
  
• Learn the needs and business of Microsoft defenders, and how the broader Microsoft security organization relies on automated attacks to continuously improve defensive capabilities
• Support the development of your team, by guiding their skills and career growth, cultivating engagement, and ensuring overall team effectiveness
• Set and maintain the team culture of reliable, sustainable, high-quality delivery
• Ensure Microsoft continues to improve security through authentic red team attacks