Engineering Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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.

Customers trust Databricks with their most valuable data, and Trust & Safety has the mission to build the most trusted Data and AI platform in the world. Identity and Access Management (IAM) is at the heart of this mission, ensuring that the right users and services have the right access at the right time. We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our IAM team and define the strategy for how authentication, authorization, and identity services are built and scaled across our platform.

The impact you will have:

• Build and scale a high-performing engineering team focused on authentication, authorization, and identity management at cloud scale.


• Define and drive the strategy for IAM systems, including user identity, access control frameworks, and authentication.


• Partner with engineering and product leaders across Databricks to embed secure, scalable identity solutions into every aspect of our product.


• Ensure regulatory compliance and alignment with industry best practices for IAM, helping customers meet their own governance, privacy, and security needs.


• Provide technical oversight on architecture and design for IAM components while guiding the team to deliver pragmatic, high-quality solutions.


• Attract and grow top engineering talent, building a team culture that emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and customer trust.
  

What we look for:

• 9+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with 5+ years of engineering leadership experience.


• Strong track record building and managing high-performing teams, including experience scaling organizations through multiple phases of growth.


• Deep expertise in IAM domains: authentication, identity management and access control.


• Experience building large-scale distributed systems with high availability and security requirements.


• Proven success driving cross-functional security initiatives and influencing leaders without direct authority.


• Ability to provide technical direction at the architecture level while fostering a pragmatic execution mindset.


• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to evangelize IAM practices and inspire both teams and stakeholders.


• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.