Microsoft
Principal Software Engineering Manager - Microsoft Red Team
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years technical engineering experience required. Preferred qualifications also mention 10+ years professional hands-on software development and 3+ years people management.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads Microsoft Red Team Intelligence engineering, building AI-driven services and intelligence capabilities that help operators and autonomous agents identify attack paths and plan red team operations.
What you'll do
- Lead, coach, hire, and develop the engineering team; set strategy, roadmap, and delivery for the intelligence platform.
- Drive design and delivery of AI-driven services and intelligence packages for human operators and autonomous agents.
- Partner across red team, research, product, and engineering teams to improve the broader adversary-emulation platform and security outcomes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Offensive security, cybersecurity engineering, or red team experience.
- Experience with LLMs or autonomous agents, and/or people management and engineering team growth.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, LLMs, autonomous agents
AI focus
Leads development of AI-driven services using LLMs and autonomous agents to find critical attack paths at scale and support adversary emulation.
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