Engineering Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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.