Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Tudor Dobrila is a Principal Software Engineering Manager based in Seattle with 16+ years in technology and a decade of leadership experience shaping Microsoft Defender’s cross-platform antivirus platforms. He currently leads a 10-engineer team responsible for core client-side Windows security components and has previously taken macOS and Linux antivirus solutions from zero to GA. Tudor blends deep systems and cloud expertise—spanning kernel drivers, services, and large-scale Azure data pipelines—with a strong track record of safely releasing updates to hundreds of millions of devices. He is known for partnering closely with product, security research, and global engineering peers to influence product strategy and drive enterprise-grade features. Early-career work on OneDrive/SharePoint and data ingestion pipelines informs his pragmatic approach to observability and ML-driven protection. He also brings a rigorous academic foundation from Imperial College London and a history of high-quality freelance delivery.
5 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MSc. Computing (Software Engineering), MSc. Computing (Software Engineering) at Imperial College London
BSc. Computer Science, BSc. Computer Science at Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași
Microsoft Defender for macOS/Linux - config samples, auxiliary tools
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year
auxiliarydefenderlinuxconfigmicrosoft
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Tudor Dobrila - Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft