Principal Software Engineering Manager - Identity

Microsoft

Dublin, IEonsite$100k-$172k/yrPosted Aug 10, 2026
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Skills

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About the role

Overview

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.

HM Team Description:

We are hiring a Principal Engineering Manager to join our mission of securing access to world’s online resources by building and operating a PKI platform with world class fundamentals that makes Entra and Azure customers the most secure and productive in the world. Microsoft Identity & Network Access (IDNA) is at the heart of the day-to-day technology experience and secures over a billion monthly active users. It powers the identity experience which is at the core of almost every Microsoft product and service from Windows to Office, from Azure to Xbox. Microsoft Identity is a booming business and we’re just getting started on our mission to secure and protect the world’s most valuable assets and most highly trafficked services.

We innovate on multiple technical aspects:

Architecting services for large scale and low latency requirements

Security investments that is local to the platform as well generic to all services leveraging it.

Operating services in an efficient and hands-free manner. 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. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

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.

#MSFTSecurity, #MSFTSecurity, #IDNA #PKI

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of 8-10 high performing engineers.

Mentor, coach, hire, retain and grow top talent.

Provide hands-on technical leadership: architecture, design, code reviews, development, quality assurance and live site.

Maintain and grow large scale authorization systems while driving security and resiliency efforts.

Partner with Product Management to meet immediate and longer-term business objectives.

Collaborate across partner teams in Microsoft.

Foster a healthy and inclusive team environment.

Embody Microsoft Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required:

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.

Experience as an engineering manager, or a technical lead with a passion for coaching and mentoring others.

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:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Ireland is € 99,800.00 - € 172,400.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Compensation

This Engineering Manager role pays $100k-$172k/yr. Within typical range for engineering manager roles in Ireland.

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