Senior Staff Software Engineer - Unity Catalog Runtime Enforcement

Databricks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks, based in Greater London, is seeking an experienced engineering leader with over 15 years in large-scale distributed systems. The role involves leading a team to deliver key enforcement outcomes, establishing operational models, and driving technical projects. Ideal candidates have a strong security mindset, experience in incident management, and a commitment to customer satisfaction. Join a company dedicated to fostering a diverse culture and delivering impactful technology solutions.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
• Comfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
• Extensive experience building and maintaining distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow an engineering team delivering runtime enforcement outcomes.
• Establish single-source-of-truth scope and operating model.
• Plan and lead complicated technical projects across teams.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Cross-organizational leadership

Incident management

Project planning

Mentoring

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors

Job description

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At 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, 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.

Our 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, with a fleet of millions of virtual machines that generate terabytes of logs and process 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.

Impact You Will Have

• Lead and grow an engineering team delivering runtime enforcement outcomes in a high‑severity, cross‑org domain; establish scope, SLAs, and phased roadmaps.
• Establish single‑source‑of‑truth scope, operating model, and durable mechanisms for enforcement.
• Lead multi‑year, multi‑team initiatives that shape how Databricks enforces Unity Catalog at runtime across compute types and engines.
• Introduce tools to allow greater automation and operability of services.
• Use your deep experience to help prevent and investigate production issues.
• Plan and lead complicated technical projects that work with several teams within the company.
• Contribute as a technical team lead by mentoring others, lead sprint planning, delegating work and assignments to team members and participate in project planning.

What We Look For

• 15+ years industry experience building and supporting large‑scale distributed systems.
• Comfortable working towards a multi‑year vision with incremental deliverables.
• Extensive experience building and maintaining distributed systems.
• Security first mindset.
• Cross‑org leadership in ambiguous, incident‑heavy environments; disciplined rollout and ops maturity.
• Motivated by delivering customer value and impact.
• Experience driving company initiatives towards customer satisfaction.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please refer to the local HR portal.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

If access to export‑controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.