Principal Engineer, Authentication
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
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About Databricks
Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.
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About the Role
You will create and execute a long-term authentication vision that balances strong security with a frictionless user experience. You will recruit and mentor engineers, scale security infrastructure, influence executive decisions, and present security innovations at academic and industry conferences.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data security or related areas
- Expertise in at least two of authentication, network security, Kubernetes security, web security, governance, privacy, trust, safety, identity management, access control, key management, inter-service authentication, secure application frameworks, or detection and response
- 15+ years of experience building highly available large-scale distributed systems
- Leadership experience across functional and organizational lines
- Strong communication skills for explaining and evangelizing data security to senior leaders
- MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field
Responsibilities
- Craft and execute a long-term vision for authentication that balances security and user experience
- Recruit and mentor engineering talent
- Scale security infrastructure
- Drive data-driven security decisions at the executive level
- Present security innovations at academic and industry conferences