Senior Staff Software Engineer – Unity Catalog Runtime Enforcement

Responsibilities

Our talent team is representing a confidential data platform organization seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to tech lead their runtime enforcement layer for unified governance across cloud compute and analytics engines.

In this high-impact role, you will:

• Lead and grow an engineering team delivering runtime enforcement outcomes in a high-severity, cross-organizational 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 the platform enforces governance 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're Looking 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-organizational leadership in ambiguous, incident-heavy environments; disciplined rollout and operations 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

Location: London

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our recruiter will screen your application and conduct an initial conversation to understand your background and goals. If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication flows through our talent team to ensure a smooth and professional process.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process and are competitive for this seniority level in London.

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