# Senior Manager, Engineering - Artifact Distribution

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Bellevue, WA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $217k – $299k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure, backend engineering, artifact storage, cross-region replication, cross-cloud replication, peer-to-peer distribution, container infrastructure, Machine Learning, System Design, architecture reviews, site reliability
**Posted:** 2026-08-05

> Leads the team building Databricks’ mission-critical artifact storage and distribution infrastructure across clouds, regions, and millions of daily instances. Requires engineering management experience, Staff-level distributed-systems judgment, deep backend or cloud infrastructure expertise, and strong talent-development and cross-functional leadership skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Lead a high-impact engineering team responsible for artifact storage, cross-cloud and cross-region replication, and distribution service scaling across millions of cloud instances daily.
- Drive the multi-year roadmap for low-level artifact storage, peer-to-peer distribution, and cloud replication.
- Provide hands-on technical oversight using Staff-level system design and architecture expertise.
- Conduct architecture reviews, oversee system reliability, and maintain engineering excellence.
- Translate complex infrastructure constraints into clear strategies and align partner product and engineering organizations.
- Hire, mentor, and support the career growth of engineers, including Senior and Staff-level individual contributors.

## Requirements

- 4+ years of engineering management experience leading backend or platform infrastructure teams.
- High technical judgment equivalent to a Staff Engineer, with experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Deep understanding of customer interactions with platform products across multiple components.
- Deep experience in low-level backend or cloud infrastructure.
- Strong communication skills and a proven ability to drive cross-functional alignment and manage stakeholder expectations.
- Proven success attracting, recruiting, and developing Senior and Staff-level individual contributors.

## Nice-to-Haves

- Experience at major cloud providers or scale-out technology companies.
- Familiarity with high-throughput artifact delivery, large-scale machine learning model weight distribution, or container infrastructure management.
- Experience evolving team structures and processes during hyper-growth while maintaining operational reliability.

## Compensation and Benefits

- Zone 2 pay range: **$217,100–$298,550 USD**.
- Compensation may include an annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

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