Sr. Partner Engineer

Impact you will have

• Own the security technology partner category, leading technical engagements with partners and building relationships with senior stakeholders to drive joint innovation and co-sell opportunities.
• Shape Databricks product roadmap priorities by translating security partner requirements, integration gaps, and ecosystem insights into strategic platform needs, working cross-functionally with Product and Engineering teams.
• Design and prototype security partner integrations, serving as hands-on technical expert and early validator of new capabilities and architecture design patterns.
• Build and maintain production-grade reference implementations, deployment guides, demos, and technical examples that demonstrate security architectures with Databricks and partner solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex security integration issues, serving as technical escalation points for partner engineering teams.
• Enable partners and field teams through solution documentation, technical articles, whitepapers, and demos to accelerate joint innovation and customer adoption.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience in security architecture, partner engineering, systems engineering, or technical solutions roles, with ability to quickly master new security technologies while managing multiple priorities.
• Strong knowledge of Identity, AI security and extensive experience working with REST APIs and SDKs.
• Experience managing strategic technical partnerships, with ability to navigate complex multi-company engineering initiatives, build consensus across organizations, and lead technical and architectural discussions with clarity and confidence.
• Hands-on technical skills with ability to prototype integrations using AI coding platforms, build demos, debug complex issues, and create reference implementations. Experience with scripting languages (Python, Go preferred).
• Strong understanding of modern security architectures, authentication/authorization patterns, and how security technologies integrate with data and AI platforms.
• Strong communication and influence skills, with ability to present to technical stakeholders and executive leaders, translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Availability to travel globally to partner sites, conferences, and events as required.

Preferred

• Prior experience in Partner Solutions Architect, SE, or Alliance Engineering roles at security vendors, cloud providers, or major enterprise software companies, with a track record of driving product-to-product integrations.
• Understanding of Databricks platform, with ability to design security frameworks.
• Security architecture certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or cloud security certifications (AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer).
• Track record of creating high-impact technical content (deployment guides, reference architectures, whitepapers, blog posts, conference presentations) that demonstrates security best practices.
• Familiarity with modern development workflows and AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude).