Senior Engineering Manager - Trust and Safety
Databricks · Mountain View, California · Engineering - Pipeline · listed September 22, 2025
The shape of it
Seniority
Manager
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$217,000 – $288,400 USD
Requirements listed
6
Length
701 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 and AI platform in the world. Security Foundation Engineering is a cornerstone of this mission in protecting our platform and customers from evolving threats. We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead this area and set the direction for how security is built into every layer of our platform.
What it asks for · 6
- Strong track record building and managing high-performing teams of engineers, with experience growing organizations through multiple phases of scale.
- Deep understanding of the relevant domains and infrastructure
- Demonstrated success driving cross-functional initiatives that require influencing without direct authority.
- Ability to provide technical direction at the architecture level while fostering pragmatic, high-quality execution.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to evangelize security and inspire teams and stakeholders.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
What the job covers
- Build and scale a high-performing engineering team focused on Security, Access, and Regulatory Compliance.
- Lead the team and company to win the regulatory market by making the platform secure and compliant.
- Define and execute the strategy for secure frameworks, primitives, and tooling used across Databricks.
- Partner closely with engineering and product leaders across the company to ensure security/compliance by design in all new initiatives.
- Drive adoption of security best practices across the organization by building easy-to-use, scalable frameworks and services.
- Provide technical oversight for secure system design and guide efforts to reduce technical debt in core security components.
- Represent Databricks and our security practices internally to senior leadership and externally to the industry.
Degree language
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
Tools and skills named
Security & compliance
- Security9×
- Regulatory3×
Data
- Databricks4×
Ways of working
- Cross-functional
Words the posting leans on
- security8×
- platform5×
- data4×
- engineering4×
- technical4×
- building3×
- customers3×
- mission3×
- secure3×
- world3×
- build2×
- design2×
- direction2×
- frameworks2×
- high-performing2×
- infrastructure2×
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