Senior Engineering Manager - Trust and Safety

P-1107

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. Security Foundation Engineering is a cornerstone of this mission in protecting our platform and customers from evolving threats. We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead this area and set the direction for how security is built into every layer of our platform.

The impact you will have:

• Build and scale a high-performing engineering team focused on Security, Access, and Regulatory Compliance.


• Lead the team and company to win the regulatory market by making the platform secure and compliant.


• Define and execute the strategy for secure frameworks, primitives, and tooling used across Databricks.


• Partner closely with engineering and product leaders across the company to ensure security/compliance by design in all new initiatives.


• Drive adoption of security best practices across the organization by building easy-to-use, scalable frameworks and services.


• Provide technical oversight for secure system design and guide efforts to reduce technical debt in core security components.


• Represent Databricks and our security practices internally to senior leadership and externally to the industry.

What we look for:

• Strong track record building and managing high-performing teams of engineers, with experience growing organizations through multiple phases of scale.


• Deep understanding of the relevant domains and infrastructure


• Demonstrated success driving cross-functional initiatives that require influencing without direct authority.


• Ability to provide technical direction at the architecture level while fostering pragmatic, high-quality execution.


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


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