Sr. Manager, Engineering Performance

Databricks Databricks · Data AI · Seattle, WA +1 · Engineering

Databricks is seeking a Sr. Manager, Engineering Performance to lead a team focused on evaluating and improving the performance and scalability of their data and AI infrastructure platform. This role involves setting performance targets, developing benchmarks, conducting competitive analysis, and deep-dive investigations to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks. The manager will also be responsible for team development, recruitment, and cross-functional collaboration with product and infrastructure teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Identify performance limitations of the entire stack based on telemetry, customer signals, PoCs, and competitive benchmarks, that will result in the best performing system across the industry, when resolved.
  2. You will oversee sustained recruitment of top-tier talent, fostering a well-organized and synergistic team structure, and collaborating effectively with internal and external stakeholders
  3. Work closely with product and infrastructure teams to align strategy, execution, and roadmap in alignment with organizational goals and priorities.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years experience in the performance analysis discipline
  • Ability to identify performance issues, root cause problems, and be able to come up with potential solutions
  • Ability to build strong working relationships with developers and field engineers to facilitate triaging and mitigation of performance problems
  • At least 3 years of experience in managing top-tier engineering teams
  • BS in Computer Science
  • Expertise in attracting, hiring and coaching engineers, who will meet the Databricks hiring standards
  • Experience up-leveling teams via hiring top-notch talent and growing existing team members

Nice to have

  • Masters or higher level of education preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • performance analysis discipline
  • managing top-tier engineering teams