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DatabricksDatabricksSan Francisco, CA

Staff Software Engineer - User Activation

Leads technical vision and execution for user activation features like onboarding and workspace experiences at Databricks. Requires 15+ years software engineering, 5+ years management, and full-stack expertise in scalable SaaS platforms.

192k – 260k
On-site15+ YOEFullstack Engineering

About the role

The impact you'll have:

  • Define and drive the strategy for customer onboarding, workspace experience, account management, and other horizontal product experiences.
  • Partner closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to build intuitive, scalable, and extensible solutions that drive product-led growth.
  • Lead architectural decisions to ensure performance, reliability, and simplicity across core user flows.
  • Hands-on full-stack software development to create dynamic, user-centric experiences.
  • Drive best practices for engineering excellence, including design reviews, code quality, testing strategies, and performance optimizations.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with teams developing vertical product experiences (Lakehouse Platform, SQL Warehouse, AI/BI Dashboards) and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and innovation.

What we look for:

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of technical leadership and impact.
  • 5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers.
  • Expertise in Front End or Full Stack development.
  • Experience designing and building scalable SaaS platforms, onboarding flows, or customer growth-focused product experiences.
  • Expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and modern web application architectures.
  • Strong ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and business teams to align technical strategy with company growth objectives.
  • Passion for the data intelligence space.

Skills

Full StackFront EndAWSAzureGCPDistributed SystemsSaaS PlatformsOnboarding Flows

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