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DatabricksSr. Staff Security Software Engineer - Agentic Security Engineering
Databricks is seeking a Sr. Staff Security Software Engineer - Agentic Security Engineering for a full-time, remote position with a salary range of USD 228,600 to…
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Databricks is seeking a Sr. Staff Security Software Engineer - Agentic Security Engineering for a full-time, remote position with a salary range of USD 228,600 to 314,250 per year. Databricks operates as a data and intelligence company, supporting over 20,000 global organizations through its unified analytics and intelligence platform. This role sits within a horizontal shared services engineering team focused on making every internal security function AI-native. As a senior…
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Databricks is seeking a Sr. Staff Security Software Engineer - Agentic Security Engineering for a full-time, remote position with a salary range of USD 228,600 to 314,250 per year. Databricks operates as a data and intelligence company, supporting over 20,000 global organizations through its unified analytics and intelligence platform.
This role sits within a horizontal shared services engineering team focused on making every internal security function AI-native. As a senior technical authority and architect, the individual will shape the multi-year technical roadmap for the shared Security AI platform. Core duties include defining architecture for agent identity, sandboxing, policy enforcement, observability, and orchestration, enabling security teams to deploy governed AI personas safely at scale.
The position requires deep collaboration across multiple engineering and security directorates to align on strategies, mentor technical staff, and lead high-rigor design reviews. Ideal candidates possess extensive experience operating at a senior staff level, exceptional Python fluency, and proven expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning security, prompt injection defenses, and cloud-native systems architecture.
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve the architecture for the shared Security AI platform and paved road workflows
- Establish reusable patterns for agent identity, least-privilege access, sandboxing, egress control, and secret isolation
- Set engineering standards for system reliability, observability, evaluation, incident response, and cost tracking
- Lead the creation of production-grade platform capabilities allowing security personas to operate safely across a growing attack surface
- Drive technical solutions for high-risk workflows, including offensive security personas and automated tool execution
- Serve as a technical authority across multiple security and operations divisions
- Mentor engineers on distributed systems, platform architecture, and AI security engineering
- Lead design reviews and promote a culture of measurable outcomes and disciplined evaluation
Requirements
- At least 10 years of progressive experience in software engineering, security platform architecture, or systems security
- Demonstrated track record of operating at an L7 or Senior Staff level at a major cloud, platform, or high-growth technology enterprise
- Exceptional proficiency in Python and modern cloud-native systems architecture such as Kubernetes and distributed streaming or storage
- Demonstrated ability to align multiple VP and Engineering Director-level organizations on complex technical strategies
- Practical expertise in AI and ML security, agentic system trust boundaries, and prompt injection risks
- Strong technical communication skills for explaining architectural tradeoffs to engineers and executives
Qualifications
- Experience building secure agent platforms, developer platforms, or internal infrastructure utilized by multiple teams
- Experience working with MLOps, AI serving infrastructure, security data platforms, or detection systems
- Published research, patents, or recognized contributions in adversarial machine learning or open-source security frameworks
- Hands-on background building or securing large-scale language model training pipelines or vector databases
- Understanding of emerging global artificial intelligence regulatory requirements like the EU AI Act or NIST AI RMF
Core Skills
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to regional employee needs
- Eligibility for annual performance bonuses
- Equity participation opportunities
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What is the employment type and remote status for this role?
This is a full-time, remote position where candidates in listed and other United States locations will be considered.
What is the salary range for the Sr. Staff Security Software Engineer position?
Depending on the location pay zone, the expected base salary ranges from USD 182,900 to 314,250 per year, and may also include eligibility for annual bonuses and equity.
What background is required to qualify?
Applicants must have 10 plus years of progressive experience in software engineering, security platform architecture, or systems security at a senior staff or L7 level, along with fluency in Python and cloud-native systems.
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