Overview Microsoft Ads serves billions of ad decisions every day across multiple products and markets Trust Safety is foundational protecting users from harmful or deceptive content protecting advertisers from fraud and abuse and ensuring compliance with policy privacy and regulatory expectations We are seeking a Principal Software Engineering Manager to lead the Ads Trust Safety Platform team This team builds the engineering platforms that power Trust Safety end-to-end across Microsoft Ads Web entity intelligence fidelity for domains websites landing pages and related graphs signals Real-time and nearline decisioning enforcement workflows Serving infrastructure that runs diverse model stacks LLMs SLMs wide deep ensembles classical models integrated with feature computation and signal stores Human-in-the-loop and agentic workflows with strong auditability and governance Measurement and observability to track quality latency cost and enforcement stability Responsibilities Responsibilities Lead and grow the ATS Platform team hire and develop managers tech leads set execution cadence and raise engineering and operational standards Own platform architecture and delivery across ingestion signals fidelity inference decisioning enforcement Build web entity intelligence systems at scale signal acquisition resolution relationship graphs reputation scoring provenance and explainability artifacts Evolve the model serving platform inference nearline batch scoring on gamut of models Deliver tiered enforcement pipelines fast-path gating deeper checks for high-risk traffic and integrate enforcement actions reliably with partner systems Partner cross-functionally with Applied Science PM Policy Privacy Compliance and partner engineering teams to align roadmaps and deliver end-to-end outcomes Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15 years of skilled engineering experience or equivalent 8 years leading senior engineers tech leads Proven delivery of web-scale distributed systems high-QPS services streaming event processing storage caching and reliability performance engineering Hands-on experience building serving decision platforms with strict latency throughput and correctness constraints Experience in high-integrity domains requiring auditability controls and security privacy-by-design Strong stakeholder leadership driving clarity from ambiguity aligning across teams and executing with high-quality delivery discipline Preferred Qualifications Deep domain experience in Trust Safety Fraud Abuse Risk systems including adversarial dynamics and enforcement feedback loops Expertise in heterogeneous inference platforms This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex including pregnancy sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances If you need assistance with religious accommodations and or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process

📌 Principal Group Engineering Manager (Karnataka)
🏢 Microsoft
📍 Karnataka