Director, Engineering Governance- Bellevue, WA

Mountain View, California

Databricks is the Lakehouse company. More than 7,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, H&M and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to unify their data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe. Founded by the original creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow, Databricks is on a mission to help data teams solve the world’s toughest problems.

We are seeking a highly technical and influential Director of Engineering, Governance Foundation to define how security, privacy, and responsible data practices are built into the core of Databricks’ products and infrastructure. This role is not simply about running programs—it is about designing and scaling the engineering platforms, guardrails, and operating models that make secure and compliant product development the default across a rapidly growing, multi‑cloud ecosystem.

This is a strategic, hands‑on technical leadership role with significant cross‑company impact. You will lead a team of senior security engineers, partner with product and infrastructure leaders, and shape the foundational governance systems that enable Databricks to innovate quickly while maintaining world‑class security and customer trust.

Security & Privacy Governance Architecture

• Define the company‑wide strategy for embedding security, privacy, and responsible data use across engineering workflows and platform components.
• Build scalable governance frameworks that help engineering teams design secure systems from the start, not after the fact.

Incident Learning & Prevention

Security Champions & Distributed Expertise

Data Governance for Products & AI

Developer‑Centric Security Enablement

Security Maturity & Customer Trust

Identify and elevate Databricks’ security posture to exceed DB50 customer expectations, including areas such as :

What we need :

We’re looking for a leader who blends deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and organizational leadership :

Team & Organizational Structure

Why This Role Matters

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $243,100 — $290,100 USD based on location. The total compensation package may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding pay ranges, visit our page here.

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 visit https : / / www.mybenefitsnow.com / databricks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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 applying 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.

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