Sr. Manager, Engineering

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategy for foundational systems operating at cloud scale.
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering team focused on large-scale distributed architecture, reliability, and security.
• Provide technical oversight on architecture and design for components that can operate at massive scale, with high requirements for reliability, security, and performance.
• Partner with engineering and product leaders across Databricks to embed secure, scalable solutions into every aspect of our product.
• Ensure alignment with industry best practices, helping customers meet their own governance, privacy, and security needs.
• Attract and grow top engineering talent, building a team culture that emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and customer trust.

Requirements

• Experience in software engineering, with significant engineering leadership experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience building large-scale distributed systems with high availability and complex requirements.
• Strong track record building and managing high-performing teams, including experience scaling organizations through multiple phases of growth.
• Proven success driving cross-functional initiatives and influencing leaders without direct authority.
• Ability to provide technical direction at the architecture level while fostering a pragmatic execution mindset.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to inspire both teams and stakeholders.
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.