# Engineering Manager - Pipelines Engine

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Mountain View, CA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $190k – $261k/yr
**Skills:** Spark, ETL, Distributed Systems, Data Infrastructure, Database Systems, Storage Systems, Performance Optimization, Lakeflow, Spark Declarative Pipelines, Genie Code
**Posted:** 2026-03-17

> Lead Pipelines Engine team building next-gen ETL features and Agentic Data Engineering infrastructure for Databricks Lakeflow platform. Requires 3+ years managing engineering teams and 5+ years in data infrastructure like Apache Spark.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead engineering team building next-generation ETL features for Databricks Lakeflow platform.
- Oversee recruitment of top-tier talent and upskilling team members.
- Build processes to implement product vision, strategy, organizational goals, and priorities.
- Build high-quality, easy-to-operate software.
- Manage technical debt, long-term technical architecture, and balance product roadmap.

## Requirements
- Minimum 3 years managing top-tier engineering teams.
- 5+ years building data infrastructure systems (e.g., Apache Spark or database internals).
- Passion for database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, or performance optimization.
- Experience working with product management and customers to understand needs.
- Ensure team builds high-quality, reliable infrastructure; responsible for testing, quality, SLAs in complex domains like distributed data systems.
- Expertise in attracting, hiring, and coaching engineers to Databricks standards; up-leveling teams.

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