Senior staff software engineer - unity catalog runtime enforcement

PRDQ127R176 /ppAt Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to tackle technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started. /p pOur engineering teams build highly technical products that fulfill real, important needs in the world. We develop and operate one of the largest scale software platforms. The fleet consists of millions of virtual machines, generating terabytes of logs and processing exabytes of data per day. At our scale, we regularly observe cloud hardware, network, and operating system faults, and our software must gracefully shield our customers from any of the above. /p pUnity Catalog is our platform native unified and open governance for data and AI. It eliminate silos, simplify governance and accelerate insights at scale. We are looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to come tech lead Unity Catalog Runtime Enforcement. We build and harden the runtime enforcement layer for Unity Catalog, ensuring secure, consistent authorization and data access across Databricks compute, engines, and clouds. This reduces incidents and simplifies customer choices by unifying enforcement semantics.  /p pbThe impact you will have: /b /p liLead and grow and engineering team delivering runtime enforcement outcomes in a high-severity, cross-org domain; establish scope, SLAs, and phased roadmaps. /li liEstablish single-source-of-truth scope, operating model, and durable mechanisms for enforcement. /li liLead multi-year, multi-team initiatives that shape how Databricks enforces Unity Catalog at runtime across compute types and engines. /li liIntroduce tools to allow greater automation and operability of services. /li liUse your deep experience to help prevent and investigate production issues. /li liPlan and lead complicated technical projects that work with several teams within the company. /li liContribute as a technical team lead by mentoring others, lead sprint planning, delegating work and assignments to team members and participate in project planning. /li pbWhat we look for: /b /p li15+ years industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems. /li liComfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables. /li liExtensive experience building and maintaining distributed systems. /li liSecurity first mindset. /li liCross-org leadership in ambiguous, incident-heavy environments; disciplined rollout and ops maturity. /li liMotivated by delivering customer value and impact. /li liExperience driving company initiatives towards customer satisfaction. /li liBS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience. /li