About the Role

Lead a team building foundational platform services for Microsoft Defender for Office, a cloud security product. Drive technical strategy, ensure reliability and security, and collaborate cross-functionally to protect customers from advanced threats.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a diverse team of engineers across all levels
• Own platform and runtime components ensuring scalability, reliability, and security
• Drive technical strategy and execution for next-generation services
• Ensure operational and security rigor with secure coding and compliance
• Partner with Product Management and Customer Experience to deliver solutions

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C++, C# OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years experience working with high scale distributed systems
• 2+ years experience managing engineering teams of 8-12 engineers
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements including Microsoft Cloud Background Check

Nice to Have:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience
• 4+ years of people management experience and technical leadership

Benefits & Perks

• Industry leading healthcare