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Senior Staff Software Engineer - IAM

Databricks · Seattle, Washington · 2026-06-30

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<p>P-1126</p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summary</span></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems, from security threat detection to cancer drug development. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform, so our customers can focus on the high-value challenges that are central to their missions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our engineering teams build highly technical products that fulfill real, important needs in the world. We constantly push the boundaries of data and AI technology, while simultaneously operating with the resilience, security, and scale that is critical to making customers successful on our platform.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Customers trust Databricks with their most valuable data and Trust & Safety has the mission to build the most trusted data analytics and ML platform in the world. Security Engineering is an integral part of Trust & Safety and has  a critical role to play in keeping customer data from bad actors. We are looking for senior leaders such as yourselves to create the vision and define the strategy for this space. </span></p> <p><strong>The impact you will have:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Make Databricks safer for our customers by identifying and plugging key gaps in our infrastructure and services</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Attract top talent from across the industry.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Represent the security engineering discipline throughout the organization, having a powerful voice to make us more data-driven</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Represent Databricks at academic and industry conferences & events</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>What we look for:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">9+ years of experience in Data Security or related areas  and expertise in two or more of the following--Cryptography, Kubernetes Security, Web Security, Governance, Privacy, Trust, Safety, Authentication, Identity Management, Access Control, Key Management, Inter-Service Authentication, Secure Application Frameworks, Detection & Response. Experience building systems at large scale internet companies is a huge plus.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">15+ years of experience building large scale distributed systems with high availability</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leadership skills and experience to lead across functional and organizational lines</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong communication skills to explain and evangelize Data Security to senior leaders across the company</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bias to action and passion for delivering high-quality solutions</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields</span></li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p> </p> <p><strong>Pay Range Transparency</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14px;">Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page <a href="https://www.databricks.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/us-pay-zone-mapping.pdf">here</a>.<br></span></p> <p> </p></div><div class="title">Local Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$220,400</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$297,400 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>About Databricks</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in…

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