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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
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As an Engineering Manager at Microsoft Security, you will lead the cloud brain of Microsoft Defender’s real-time protection, overseeing file threat defense, URL/web reputation, network protection, and threat-intelligence pipelines. You’ll manage a team of engineers specializing in real-time systems, large-scale data platforms, machine learning, and threat intelligence, driving modernization efforts onto Kubernetes, modern .NET, and ARM-based compute while unifying fragmented threat intelligence into a cohesive platform. Your responsibilities include scaling AI-driven detection capabilities using hundreds of ML models and ensuring the service remains always-on with high accuracy and low latency for over a billion users globally. Ideal candidates have 4+ years of people management experience in large-scale distributed systems, expertise in security domains like threat protection or anti-malware, and a proven track record in leading AI/ML-driven systems and platform modernization projects.