Join Databricks as an Engineering Manager for the App Traffic team, leading critical networking infrastructure and driving complex engineering initiatives across multiple clouds.
At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business.
- Lead, grow, and develop a high-performing team of engineers responsible for Databricks’ application traffic infrastructure.
- Drive the design and evolution of highly available distributed systems operating across multiple clouds and regions.
- Partner with senior and staff engineers on architectural decisions involving routing, control planes, reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
- Lead large, ambiguous projects with dependencies across multiple engineering teams.
- Establish clear goals, milestones, ownership boundaries, and operating mechanisms that enable predictable execution.
- Balance immediate product and operational priorities with longer-term investments in architecture, reliability, and engineering velocity.
- Build strong partnerships with infrastructure and application teams.
- Recruit exceptional engineers and support the growth and development of engineers at all levels.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, operational rigor, and continuous improvement.
- 9+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with 2+ years of engineering leadership experience in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Experience managing engineering teams working on distributed systems, networking infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, or platform infrastructure.
- Strong technical judgment and the ability to engage deeply with senior engineers on complex systems architecture.
- A track record of successfully leading large, ambiguous, cross-functional engineering initiatives.
- Strong understanding of reliability, scalability, performance, and operational excellence in production systems.
- Experience developing senior engineers and building high-performing teams.
- Ability to influence and align stakeholders across organizational boundaries.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Competitive salary range: $190,000 — $237,500 USD.
- Eligibility for annual performance bonus and equity.
- Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to meet employee needs.
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion in hiring practices.