Principal Forward Deployed Engineering Manager

P-1125 At Databricks, we are passionate about empowering data teams to tackle some of the world's most challenging problems—from security threat detection to groundbreaking cancer drug development. We achieve this by developing and operating the premier data and AI infrastructure platform, allowing our customers to concentrate on the high-value challenges that are critical to their missions. Our engineering teams are dedicated to crafting highly technical products that address significant global needs. We continually push the limits of data and AI technology while ensuring resilience, security, and scalability, which are essential for our customers' success on our platform. Clients place their trust in Databricks with their most prized data. The Trust & Safety division is committed to building the most trusted data analytics and machine learning platform globally. The customer's journey on our platform begins with robust Authentication. We seek senior leaders like you to establish the vision and define the strategy in this crucial area. Your Impact: Develop and implement a long-term vision for Authentication that harmonizes top-tier security with a seamless user experience. Attract, recruit, and mentor elite engineering talent to expand our security infrastructure. Serve as the advocate for Security Engineering across the organization, guiding data-driven decisions at the executive level. Showcase Databricks’ security innovations at prominent academic and industry conferences. What We’re Looking For: 10+ years of experience in Data Security or related fields, with expertise in two or more of the following: Authentication, Network Security, Kubernetes Security, Web Security, Governance, Privacy, Trust, Safety, Identity Management, Access Control, Key Management, Inter-Service Authentication, Secure Application Frameworks, Detection & Response. Experience in building systems at large-scale internet companies is a significant advantage. 15+ years of experience in constructing large-scale distributed systems with high availability. Proven leadership capabilities and experience leading across functional and organizational boundaries. Exceptional communication skills for articulating and promoting Data Security to senior executives across the company. A proactive mindset with a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions. MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related disciplines. This role is open to remote candidates.

Discover OktaAt Okta, we are transforming the way the world thinks about identity. We empower users to securely access any technology, from any location, on any device or application. Our versatile platforms, Okta and Auth0, are at the forefront of secure access, authentication, and automation, making identity central to business security and growth.We embrace a multitude of perspectives and experiences, seeking individuals who are lifelong learners and can enhance our team with their unique insights.Join us in our mission to create a world where identity is truly in your hands.At Okta, we are dedicated to ensuring everyone can safely and effortlessly use the technologies they need, whenever and wherever they need them. Picture a world where logging into your favorite applications or connecting to company tools is as simple and secure as flipping a switch. This is the essence of what we do! We assist businesses in safeguarding their teams and customers through innovative identity solutions that enhance and secure every digital interaction.We are seeking a Senior Product Manager who is curious, empathetic, and technically adept, with a strong enthusiasm for developing next-generation authenticator experiences that elevate usability and security standards. In this role, you will spearhead the product strategy for Okta’s Authenticators—the trusted backbone behind our credentials, passkeys, FIDO2 WebAuthn, device signals, and recovery processes.Your influence will determine how users authenticate across various devices and platforms, how organizations implement phishing-resistant MFA, and how developers incorporate modern authentication into their applications. This is a high-impact, cross-functional position that demands technical expertise, strategic insight, and a commitment to customer satisfaction.A Typical Day in the Life of This Senior Product ManagerDaily, you will collaborate with all stakeholders vital to access management success, including senior leadership, engineers, business and sales specialists, marketing teams, advocates, data scientists, content creators, and more. You will engage with customers to gather insights on our core strengths and areas for improvement. Your ability to synthesize this feedback along with industry knowledge, business metrics, and service data will be crucial in developing strategies and validating hypotheses. As a key player in Okta’s access management success, you will be looked upon regularly to solve challenges and support our broader customer base. To continually build your expertise, you will actively seek out opportunities for growth and learning.

ProRata.ai creates AI-powered solutions for digital advertising. The company’s flagship platform, ProRata Ads, uses patent-pending AI agent technology to deliver contextual, prompt-driven ads that recognize brand intent and content meaning in real time. ProRata Ads currently supports ad experiences on Gist.ai and an expanding group of premium publishers. Role overview This Principal Software Engineering Manager position is based in Bellevue, WA. The role blends hands-on technical leadership with responsibility for team development. As the technical lead, the manager will own key parts of the ProRata Ads infrastructure, including low-latency decision systems, agentic backend workflows, analytics, and fraud detection. Collaboration with frontend, product, and business development teams is central to building a scalable, reliable ad platform designed for AI-native environments. What you will do Lead the design and development of ad serving infrastructure, emphasizing high throughput, sub-100ms latency, and reliability at scale. Architect and build backend systems using large language models (LLMs) to enable intelligent workflows for contextual ad placement, creative optimization, real-time brand safety, and dynamic decision-making. Work with the frontend team on campaign management tools, creative generation and optimization, and advertiser-facing features. Design and implement scalable systems for reporting, analytics, and fraud detection to maintain trust and transparency in the ad ecosystem. Set technical direction for cloud-native, distributed systems, balancing cost, latency, availability, and AI inference efficiency. Mentor and grow the engineering team by providing technical guidance, conducting code and design reviews, and supporting recruitment. Collaborate with Product, Ads Engineering, and Business Development to turn business requirements into production-ready systems. Shape the technical roadmap, focusing on GenAI integration, prompt-based advertising, and performance in AI-driven settings. Location This role is based in Bellevue, WA.

At Databricks, our mission is to empower data teams to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time—ranging from revolutionizing transportation to fast-tracking medical advancements. We achieve this by developing and maintaining a cutting-edge data and AI infrastructure platform that enables our customers to harness deep data insights and enhance their business operations. About the Team: Become Part of Databricks' Core Infrastructure The Compute Infra Team is the powerhouse behind all Databricks products and Control Plane services. We design and scale the essential compute infrastructure that ensures the success of every Databricks customer, managing one of the largest and most dynamic data and AI clouds globally. Mission: Shape the Future of Cloud Compute Efficiency and Scalability As the Technical Lead for Compute Fleet Management, you'll play a pivotal role in setting benchmarks for how Databricks utilizes and optimizes compute resources across the three major cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, and GCP. This critical position directly influences our gross margin and customer satisfaction. Your responsibilities will encompass: Leading Fleet Optimization: Provisioning and pooling billions of cloud resources to achieve peak performance, unmatched efficiency, and solid resource isolation. Ensuring Hyper-Scale Resilience: Designing architecture that guarantees horizontal scalability and resilience against failures at both zonal and cloud account levels, ensuring Databricks remains operational at all times. Owning the Critical Path: Directing the development of low-dependency systems essential for bootstrapping and managing our extensive compute platform. Outcomes: The Impact You Will Create This position is ideal for an engineer who excels in taking ownership of the most complex and impactful challenges: High Availability: Achieving and maintaining 99.99% availability for all batch and serving workloads. Exceptional Efficiency: Driving utilization rates to 60% or higher—a vital metric that necessitates balancing high efficiency with a robust tolerance for cloud failures. Top-Tier Isolation: Architecting and enforcing stringent security and performance isolation across a wide array of customer workloads.

Discover OktaAt Okta, we are redefining identity management, empowering individuals to securely access any technology, anytime, anywhere. Our versatile solutions, including the Okta and Auth0 platforms, focus on enhancing security, authentication, and automation, making identity central to business security and growth.We value diverse perspectives and experiences; we are not seeking perfection but rather passionate learners who can enrich our team with their unique insights. Become part of our mission to create a world where identity truly belongs to you. The Global Presales TeamThe Global Presales Team at Okta brings together a vibrant mix of professionals, including Solutions Engineers, the Office of the Field CTO, Architects, and Specialists. This diverse team combines extensive technical knowledge with insightful business acumen, acting as trusted advisors to our clients and partners to fully leverage the Okta Identity Platform. We delve deep into challenges, pose thoughtful questions, and deliver customized solutions that foster customer success.Role Overview: Auth0 Principal SE - Key AccountsThe Principal Solutions Engineer for Key Accounts will act as a pivotal technical sales strategist, operator, and business partner to Okta’s AMER Key Account Directors. You will drive strategic initiatives, optimize key sales pursuits, and facilitate repeatable success across Okta’s Key Accounts segment.In this role, you will work in close collaboration with Key Account Directors, Auth0 Account Executives, Key Account Solutions Engineers, GTM leadership, and product teams to:Develop and lead Auth0 pursuit strategies for significant, multi-stakeholder deals.Create and operationalize repeatable Auth0 sales motions, partner strategies, and AI-driven sales initiatives.Scale best practices to enhance win rates and expedite deal closures.Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Planning & ExecutionAct as a trusted advisor to Key Account Directors and sales leadership, supporting and executing Auth0-centric go-to-market strategies for high-impact opportunities.Assist in formulating frameworks and methodologies to promote consistency and predictability in strategic deal cycles.Collaborate with the Office of the FCTO to synchronize AI and platform sales narratives with emerging market trends.

Join dstaff as a Principal Architect, Enterprise and lead innovative architectural strategies that drive enterprise solutions. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimize architecture frameworks that support our business objectives. Your leadership will be crucial in guiding teams towards high-quality outcomes and ensuring the successful deployment of enterprise solutions.

Join dstaff as a Principal Architect, Systems, where you will lead the architectural vision and design of our systems. This is a fantastic opportunity for seasoned professionals eager to influence technology development at a high level.

Join UiPath as a Principal Applied Scientist - AIAt UiPath, we are champions of automation, revolutionizing the way businesses operate through innovative enterprise software solutions. Our team's passion for curiosity, generosity, and authenticity drives us forward in this dynamic environment.Are you ready to make a significant impact?As a Principal Applied Scientist at UiPath, you will spearhead advancements in machine learning, laying the groundwork for groundbreaking product developments. This pivotal leadership role melds applied research, engineering, and strategic insight, allowing you to shape the trajectory of our cutting-edge ML projects.We are on the lookout for a scientist who has demonstrated success in leading influential research and implementing pioneering machine learning systems at scale. A deep curiosity about AI and ML, a commitment to innovation, and a passion for addressing real-world automation challenges are essential for this role.The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in designing and executing sophisticated experiments, developing high-performance ML systems, and mentoring teams. We highly value collaboration, humility, technical excellence, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.Background:This position is within the UiPath advanced machine learning research group, focused on creating large multi-modal models that mimic human software interaction. Our goal is to expand the horizons of AI in the quest for effective general intelligence for enterprise automation.Your Responsibilities:Direct the design and implementation of state-of-the-art machine learning and deep learning systems for practical applications.Drive innovation in NLP, NLU, NLG, computer vision, and multi-modal learning to achieve significant advancements in software automation.Define and guide the strategy for scalable ML infrastructure and the transition from research to production.Design experiments, perform comprehensive benchmarking, and analyze large datasets to assess and enhance model performance.Collaborate extensively with engineering, product, and research teams to effectively integrate ML solutions into UiPath offerings.

Join dstaff as a Principal Architect, Enterprise, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping our enterprise architecture initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that drive our business forward. Your expertise will guide the design and implementation of scalable systems, ensuring they align with our strategic goals.

Join dstaff as a Principal Functional Analyst, where you will play a pivotal role in analyzing and enhancing our functional processes. This position offers the chance to influence key projects and drive efficiency across various departments. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure optimal functional performance and support strategic initiatives.

About the CompanyArmada is an innovative edge computing startup dedicated to delivering robust computing infrastructure to remote regions with limited connectivity and cloud capabilities. We focus on environments where local data processing is essential for real-time analytics and AI applications at the edge. Our mission is to bridge the digital divide by deploying advanced technology infrastructure swiftly and efficiently anywhere. About the RoleWe invite applications for a proactive and results-oriented Principal AI Product Manager to spearhead the creation and launch of groundbreaking AI products tailored to our Industrial and Public Sector clients. In this role, you will collaborate closely with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to transform AI-driven solutions into reality. You will serve as the crucial link connecting customer demands, technical capabilities, and business objectives, ensuring we deliver the right products on time with significant impact.This is a hands-on leadership position for a product leader who excels in delivering high-quality products within complex, multi-stakeholder landscapes. Your focus will be on driving execution, managing the product lifecycle, and making AI innovation a tangible reality for our customers. Location: This role is office-based at our Bellevue, Washington office.

Okta secures digital identities for both people and AI, building trusted infrastructure that helps organizations address evolving security needs. The company’s mission focuses on solving complex challenges and supporting customers as they adopt new technologies. The Customer First division brings together Identity and Access Management experts who help customers get the most from the Okta IAM platform. This team works to ensure effective adoption, scalability, and agility, aiming for strong returns and long-term success. Role overview The Principal Delivery Success Manager leads and develops Okta’s partners, reporting to the Manager of Partner Delivery Success. This role strengthens partner delivery capabilities within a specific product domain and regional partner portfolio. Key responsibilities include developing partner capabilities, validating readiness for go-live, and overseeing delivery processes for Okta solutions. Acting as the main operational leader for partners, the Principal Delivery Success Manager guides them through Okta’s Service Delivery Partner maturity model to ensure high-quality implementations for every customer. This position collaborates closely with Professional Services, Alliances, Sales, and Enablement teams to scale partner-led delivery while maintaining high implementation standards. What you will do Develop and improve delivery capabilities within the assigned partner portfolio. Guide partners through the Service Delivery Partner maturity model. Identify gaps in specialization and recommend training paths. Support partners as they pursue product specializations, including OWI, Auth0, and Workflows. Encourage partners to pursue certifications and skill development. Review and validate partner go-live submissions. Classify deployments by complexity: Standard, Advanced, or Strategic. Ensure deployments meet Okta’s delivery standards. Gather and analyze feedback from Professional Services and customers. Locations Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC

Join UiPath: Pioneers in AutomationAt UiPath, we harness the transformative potential of automation to redefine the way the world operates. Our commitment lies in developing industry-leading enterprise software that unleashes this potential.We seek individuals who are inquisitive, driven, collaborative, and authentic—those who thrive in a dynamic, rapidly evolving environment and are passionate about our mission.Are you one of them?As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will spearhead the design, research, and implementation of cutting-edge Machine Learning systems, seamlessly integrating deep research with large-scale deployment to shape the future of enterprise automation.Key Responsibilities• Develop and drive the technical vision for agent-based automation, focusing on how autonomous agents utilize LLMs, reinforcement learning, simulation environments, tool use, and multi-step reasoning to enhance the UiPath platform.• Design, prototype, and implement advanced ML and AI systems, including LLM fine-tuning, multimodal pipelines, computer-use modeling, agent orchestration frameworks, and decision-making systems.• Oversee the development and execution of ML infrastructure and services for model training, fine-tuning, large-scale inference, model serving, monitoring, drift detection, continuous learning loops, and ML operations for agentic systems.• Collaborate extensively with product, engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to translate innovative research into customer-facing solutions.• Investigate leading-edge techniques in prompting, retrieval-augmented generation, chain-of-thought, tool use, long-term memory, and RL or imitation learning for agent behavior, applying them to automation workflows.• Establish best practices, frameworks, and metrics for evaluating agentic systems, encompassing offline evaluation, simulation environments, human-in-the-loop feedback, A/B testing, and analyses of cost, latency, and quality.• Act as a technical leader and mentor across ML engineering, data science, and software engineering, promoting a culture of experimentation, reproducibility, version control, and thorough evaluation.• Represent UiPath in the broader community through publications, open-source contributions, conference participation, and collaboration with academic and ecosystem partners.

About Smartsheet Smartsheet has spent over twenty years building work management solutions that help teams automate processes, analyze data, and scale efficiently. The company values creativity paired with action and aims to equip teams with tools that turn challenges into progress. Corporate Systems Engineering at Smartsheet The Corporate Systems Engineering group builds and manages the software platforms, integrations, and automations that support Smartsheet’s core business operations. This team handles systems and workflows for Finance, Sales/GTM, and People & Culture, including critical processes like hiring, sales, billing, payments, reporting, and scalable operations. Internal systems receive the same attention to rigor, reliability, and product thinking as customer-facing software. Corporate Systems Product Management This product management team oversees the internal platforms that power Finance, People, and Sales operations, along with integrations and automation. Product Managers here maintain system roadmaps, manage business workflows, and guide the long-term growth of these platforms. Role Overview: Principal Product Manager – Monetization & Billing The Principal Product Manager – Monetization & Billing owns the systems and workflows that define how Smartsheet monetizes its products. This includes subscriptions, usage-based pricing, consumption models, entitlements, provisioning, billing, and integrating these capabilities across product, GTM, and finance systems. This role works closely with Product Engineering, Sales/GTM, and Finance to ensure monetization models are accurate, scalable, and adaptable as the business evolves. Responsibilities include translating pricing and packaging strategies into system capabilities and maintaining coherence from quote to provisioning, billing, and revenue recognition. Key Responsibilities Oversee comprehensive monetization and billing systems, including subscriptions, usage-based pricing, and entitlements Translate pricing and packaging strategies into system requirements and capabilities Ensure seamless integration of monetization features across product, GTM, and finance systems Maintain system health and define future architecture for monetization as business needs change Collaborate with Product Engineering, Sales Operations, Finance, and Integration teams Report to the Director of Corporate Systems Product Management Work with senior business stakeholders across the organization Location Bellevue, WA, USA

We are seeking a talented and experienced Principal Architect of Systems to lead our Supply Chain Business Solutions division. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in systems architecture and supply chain management to design innovative solutions that drive efficiency and effectiveness in our operations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement technology solutions, ensuring alignment with business strategies and objectives.

ProRata.ai builds AI agent technology for digital advertising. The ProRata Ads platform delivers real-time, context-aware ads that align brand goals with content meaning across Gist.ai and major publisher networks. Role overview The Principal Program Manager, based in Bellevue, WA, leads the planning and execution of core AdTech product initiatives. This position acts as a bridge between Engineering, Product, Frontend, Business Development, and external partners. The focus is on launching and scaling ad serving infrastructure, agent-driven workflows, reporting tools, and fraud prevention systems. Managing complex technical programs and turning ambitious product ideas into concrete, actionable plans are central to this role. The work involves handling dependencies, addressing risks, and driving collaboration across teams for ProRata.ai’s AI-powered advertising platform. What you will do Direct program planning and delivery for major AdTech projects, including ad serving, agentic backend workflows, campaign and creative management, scalable reporting, and fraud detection. Collaborate with the Principal Software Engineering Manager and engineering teams to shape technical roadmaps, break down epics into milestones, and ensure timely delivery. Work with frontend, Product, and Business Development teams to define requirements for campaign management, creative optimization, and features supporting advertisers and publishers. Manage cross-functional dependencies, identify and mitigate risks, and resolve blockers by coordinating with Engineering, Product, Design, and external partners such as publishers, SSPs, and DSPs. Create and maintain clear program documentation, including roadmaps, timelines, status updates, RACI matrices, and success metrics to keep leadership and stakeholders informed. Oversee launch readiness and post-launch activities, such as go-to-market planning, partner integration, performance monitoring, and ongoing improvements. Lead effective working sessions, set priorities, and keep all teams aligned throughout the program lifecycle.

As a Principal Information Security Engineer at CenturyLink, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding our organization’s information assets. Your expertise will contribute to developing robust security strategies and implementing advanced security measures to protect sensitive data and systems. Join our team to leverage your skills in a collaborative environment focused on innovation and security excellence.

Join CoreWeave as a Principal Engineer, where you will take a pivotal role in the design, development, and operation of our advanced data plane for high-performance AI storage solutions. In this hands-on position, you will innovate and optimize CoreWeave’s storage systems, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, and capable of handling some of the most demanding AI workloads globally. Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in infrastructure, compute, and platform to ensure seamless scalability of our storage services while maximizing performance and reliability.

About UiPath UiPath builds enterprise automation software that helps organizations transform how they work. The company focuses on empowering teams to innovate and streamline operations through automation. The Bellevue office is part of a global team that values curiosity, drive, generosity, and authenticity. Role Overview: Senior Principal Engineer This role calls for an engineering leader who enjoys building and shaping products from vision to execution. Senior Principal Engineers at UiPath play a central role in enabling enterprise innovation, especially in Business Orchestration and process modernization. The work spans a broad technical landscape, from systems and agents to user-facing solutions, all with a strong customer focus. The team operates with the agility and mindset of a startup, prioritizing practical, customer-centric outcomes. What You Will Do Help define product vision and objectives, then guide teams to deliver on that vision. Work directly with customers to gather feedback and iterate quickly for meaningful adoption. Take a hands-on approach, especially with AI-driven technologies, and influence technical direction across the organization. Architect and deliver large-scale cloud services, treating them with the care and ownership of a founder. Navigate complex technical decisions and build consensus among stakeholders through clear, data-driven communication. Champion engineering excellence in every aspect of your work. Who Thrives Here Engineers who enjoy shaping product direction and seeing ideas through to delivery. Those who value direct customer engagement and rapid iteration. Leaders who are comfortable with hands-on technical work and influencing across teams. Individuals who bring a founder’s mindset to building scalable, reliable cloud services. People skilled at balancing technical rigor with practical decision-making and clear communication. Location This position is based in Bellevue.