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DatabricksDatabricksSan Francisco, CA

Senior Engineering Manager for Workspace Platform

Leads engineering team building unified Workspace Platform infrastructure for Databricks products like content discovery and collaborative editing. Requires 15+ years software engineering, 5+ years management, and expertise in distributed systems and cloud platforms.

217k – 312k/yr
On-site15+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

The impact you will have:

  • Strategy & Vision: Define and drive the technical strategy for the Workspace Platform, including building over 16 shared capabilities that underpin the entire Databricks experience.
  • Execution Ownership: Own the roadmap, execution, and delivery for the platform, ensuring all team deliverables meet the highest standards of quality and timeliness.
  • Engineering Excellence: Establish and enforce team best practices for engineering excellence, including design reviews, code quality, testing strategies, and performance optimizations for high-volume distributed systems.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with teams across the organization, including those developing vertical product experiences (Lakehouse Platform, SQL Warehouse, AI/BI Dashboards, UC Platform) and core infrastructure, to ensure seamless integration and innovation.

What we look for:

  • Experience: 15+ years of software engineering experience with a strong track record of technical leadership and impact.
  • Management: 5+ years of engineering management experience, including experience managing other managers.
  • Scaling: Proven experience scaling engineering teams from 10 to 30+ engineers.
  • Platform Expertise: Experience leading platform teams and backend developers in a SaaS environment.
  • Technical Depth:
    • Experience designing and building scalable distributed systems.
    • Familiarity with building services on top of containerization technologies.
    • Expertise in distributed systems, major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and modern web application architectures.
  • Collaboration: Strong ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and business teams to align technical strategy with core company growth objectives.
  • Passion: A passion for building and scaling robust, high-performance platforms.

Skills

Distributed SystemsAWSAzureGCPContainerizationKubernetesSaaS PlatformsScalable SystemsBackend DevelopmentCloud Platforms

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