# Senior Staff Software Engineer - IAM

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $232k – $313k/yr
**Experience:** 9+ years
**Skills:** Identity Management, Kubernetes Security, Cryptography, Access Control, Key Management, Authentication, Distributed Systems, Web Security, Governance, Privacy
**Posted:** 2026-01-30

> Leads IAM and security engineering to enhance platform trust, plugs infrastructure gaps, and builds large-scale distributed systems. Requires 9+ years in data security, 15+ years in distributed systems, MS/PhD, and expertise in IAM, Kubernetes security, cryptography.

## Job Description

## Impact
- Make Databricks safer for customers by identifying and plugging key gaps in infrastructure and services
- Attract top talent from across the industry
- Represent the security engineering discipline throughout the organization
- Represent Databricks at academic and industry conferences & events

## What we look for
- **9+ years** of experience in Data Security or related areas and expertise in two or more of: Cryptography, **Kubernetes Security**, Web Security, Governance, Privacy, Trust, Safety, Authentication, **Identity Management**, Access Control, Key Management, Inter-Service Authentication, Secure Application Frameworks, Detection & Response. Experience building systems at large scale internet companies is a huge plus
- **15+ years** of experience building large scale distributed systems with high availability
- Leadership skills and experience to lead across functional and organizational lines
- Strong communication skills to explain and evangelize Data Security to senior leaders
- Bias to action and passion for delivering high-quality solutions
- MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields

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