Senior Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure

Databricks · Bellevue, Washington · Engineering - Pipeline · listed March 6, 2024

The shape of it

Seniority
Staff
Experience asked
9–15 years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$217,200 – $288,400 USD
Requirements listed
6
Length
713 words

In the posting’s own words

Customers trust Databricks with their most valuable data and Trust & Safety has the mission to build the most trusted data analytics and ML platform in the world. Security Engineering is an integral part of Trust & Safety and has a critical role to play in keeping customer data from bad actors. We are looking for senior leaders such as yourselves to create the vision and define the strategy for this space.

What it asks for · 6

  • 9+ years of experience in Data Security or related areas and expertise in two or more of the following--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 across the company
  • Bias to action and passion for delivering high-quality solutions
  • MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields

What the job covers

  • Make Databricks safer for our customers by identifying and plugging key gaps in our infrastructure and services
  • Attract top talent from across the industry.
  • Represent the security engineering discipline throughout the organization, having a powerful voice to make us more data-driven
  • Represent Databricks at academic and industry conferences & events

Degree language

  • MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields

Tools and skills named

Security & compliance
  • Security8×
  • Cryptography
Data
  • Databricks4×
Cloud & infra
  • Distributed systems
  • Kubernetes
Models & research
  • Machine learning

Words the posting leans on

  • data8×
  • security8×
  • customers5×
  • experience4×
  • world4×
  • platform3×
  • trust safety3×
  • authentication2×
  • build2×
  • critical2×
  • data security2×
  • detection2×
  • experience building2×
  • industry2×
  • infrastructure2×
  • key2×

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