Joblaze summary

In the role of Principal Engineer for Privacy at Databricks, the individual will focus on enhancing the security of the company's data infrastructure by identifying vulnerabilities and implementing solutions. The position requires extensive experience in data security, particularly in areas like cryptography and Kubernetes security, along with a strong background in building large-scale distributed systems. This role is ideal for seasoned professionals with leadership capabilities who can effectively communicate security strategies across the organization. Databricks emphasizes a culture of innovation and trust, making this a pivotal position in their mission to safeguard customer data.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page November 1, 2026.
This exact title is also open at 3 other locations at Databricks: San Francisco, California, Seattle, Washington, Mountain View, California.

Quick facts

How much experience is required?: At least 9 years of relevant experience for this Principal Engineer - Privacy role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Access Control, Authentication, Cryptography, Data Security, Detection & Response, Governance.
What seniority level is this role?: Databricks targets principal-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Principal Engineer - Privacy role at Databricks.

From the original posting

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Summary

At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems, from security threat detection to cancer drug development. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform, so our customers can focus on the high-value challenges that are central to their missions.

Our engineering teams build highly technical products that fulfill real, important needs in the world. We constantly push the boundaries of data and AI technology, while simultaneously operating with the resilience, security, and scale that is critical to making customers successful on our platform.

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.

The impact you will have:

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

What we look for:

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

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Principal Engineer - Privacy

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