Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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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 identify and close security gaps in infrastructure and services. You will shape security engineering strategy, represent the discipline across the organization, help attract security talent, and represent the organization at academic and industry events.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in data security or related areas
- Expertise in at least two security domains, such as cryptography, Kubernetes security, web security, governance, privacy, authentication, identity management, access control, key management, inter-service authentication, secure application frameworks, or detection and response
- 10+ years of experience building highly available large-scale distributed systems
- Leadership experience across functional and organizational lines
- Communication skills to explain and evangelize data security to senior leaders
- MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field
Responsibilities
- Identify and close key security gaps in infrastructure and services
- Attract top security talent
- Represent the security engineering discipline across the organization
- Represent Databricks at academic and industry conferences and events
Benefits
- Eligibility for annual performance bonus
- Equity