Engineering Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM)

The role

You will lead the technical strategy and roadmap for identity and access management services. You will build and mentor a high-performing engineering team and guide the architecture of secure, resilient, and performant systems.

What you will do

• Lead the technical strategy and roadmap for identity and access management services.
• Build, grow, and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
• Drive the design and delivery of reliable, performant IAM infrastructure.
• Partner with product management, security, and engineering teams to integrate identity solutions.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and alignment with industry best practices.
• Manage technical debt and balance architectural decisions with product roadmap priorities.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of engineering management experience.
• Experience building and leading teams responsible for security-critical infrastructure, including identity, authentication, or access control systems.
• Ability to attract, hire, and develop engineers who meet high technical standards.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience ensuring high service quality, reliability, and performance in production environments.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with product management, security teams, and engineering leadership.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the company

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents.