Senior Engineering Manager for Workspace Platform
Databricks- Total compensation
- $217k–$312k Published total compensation range
- Location
- Hybrid - San Francisco, California Remote eligibility
- Employment
- Full-time Lead / Manager
About the job
Company
Databricks is the Data and AI company, building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform.
Role
As a Senior Engineering Manager on the Workspace Platform team, you will lead the development of unified infrastructure powering critical customer-facing capabilities across multiple Databricks products, including Content Discovery, Content Organization, Collaborative code editing, and Repository management. You will guide a team of ~20 software engineers in creating platform features, intuitive workspace experiences, and partner integrations.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical strategy for the Workspace Platform, including building over 16 shared capabilities.
- Own the roadmap, execution, and delivery for the platform.
- Establish and enforce team best practices for engineering excellence, including design reviews, code quality, testing strategies, and performance optimizations for high-volume distributed systems.
- Partner closely with teams across the organization to ensure seamless integration and innovation.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of software engineering experience with a strong track record of technical leadership.
- 5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing other managers.
- Proven experience scaling engineering teams from 10 to 30+ engineers.
- Experience leading platform teams and backend developers in a SaaS environment.
- Experience designing and building scalable distributed systems.
- Familiarity with building services on top of containerization technologies.
- Expertise in distributed systems, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and modern web application architectures.
- Strong ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and business teams.
Compensation
Local Pay Range: $217,000—$312,200 USD. Total compensation may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.
Benefits
Databricks strives to provide comprehensive benefits and perks. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, refer to the company's benefits page.
Application
Apply via the official Databricks careers page.
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