# Engineering Manager - App Frameworks

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $229k – $314k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Service Frameworks, Platform Infrastructure, Rpc Frameworks, Cloud Platforms, SaaS, Engineering Management, Technical Strategy, Hiring, Performance Management
**Posted:** 2026-05-28

> Lead and scale a team building core application platform infrastructure and service frameworks used by every microservice at Databricks. Requires 8+ years in large-scale distributed systems and 4+ years of engineering management.

## Job Description

## Impact

- Lead and scale a multi-faceted team of talented engineers, which may include line managers and senior/staff ICs, building core application platform infrastructure used by every service at Databricks.
- Own and set the multi-year technical strategy and organizational roadmap for a critical, cross-cutting domain within the App Framework.
- Drive and ensure the predictable, high-quality delivery of complex, multi-quarter/multi-year strategic initiatives, often spanning multiple teams and product areas.
- Hire great engineers to build an outstanding team.
- Champion the career development and growth of engineers and managers, including coaching senior (L5/L6) ICs and guiding line managers.
- Ensure high technical standards by instituting processes and a culture of engineering excellence.
- Proactively align and influence product and engineering leadership across multiple partner organizations to ensure the long-term success of the platform.

## Requirements

- 8+ years of engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, service frameworks, or platform infrastructure.
- 4+ years of engineering management experience leading strong technical teams.
- A track record of high technical judgment (equivalent to a Staff Engineer) in building and operating large-scale distributed systems, and a deep understanding of customer interactions with platform products across multiple components.
- Demonstrated success in attracting, hiring, and retaining top-tier talent (L3-L5) and experience coaching and mentoring line managers or senior/staff level ICs (L5/L6). Proven ability to handle complex performance management and promotion cases.
- Existing experience building and running cloud platforms, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts in the SaaS space.

## Nice-to-Haves

- Experience with multi-language service and RPC frameworks, core libraries, request context propagation, overload protection, and platform capability abstractions.

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