Engineering Manager - Compute Infra

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · San Francisco, CA · Executive Engineering - Pipeline

Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for critical components of Databricks' compute platform, which runs all Data, AI and stateful workloads across all major clouds. The platform launches millions of VMs daily and must deliver extreme elasticity, reliability, and cost efficiency.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own and evolve the compute platform to support all Databricks workloads, enabling engineers to build world-class products with high velocity and best-in-class performance.
  2. Hire exceptional engineers and invest in their growth through coaching, feedback, and career development.
  3. Raise the technical and operational bar through strong design practices, testing, and a culture of engineering excellence and platform mindset.
  4. Partner with engineering and product leadership to define long-term strategy and roadmaps.
  5. Lead cross-team initiatives that span product and infrastructure surface areas.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • 3+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing teams
  • Proven ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business stakeholders
  • Experience scaling teams and systems through rapid growth
  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • Deep expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerized environments (Kubernetes) is preferred.

What the JD emphasized

  • support all Databricks workloads
  • exceptional engineers
  • engineering excellence and platform mindset
  • large-scale distributed systems
  • engineering management experience