Senior Engineering Manager - Backend
Databricks
Bengaluru, IndiaPosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
Executive Engineering - PipelineBackend DeveloperEngineering ManagerEngineeringSystem DesignMachine Learningrelated fieldDatabricksObservabilitydesigningbuildingTestNGUnityCloudAI
Key highlights
- 12+ years of large‑scale distributed systems experience.
- Proven leadership building and scaling software engineering teams.
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field.
- Role involves building resource‑management infrastructure for big data and machine learning workloads.
- Comprehensive benefits and perks for employees.
- Strong focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity.
Role overview
At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems by building the world’s best data and AI infrastructure platform. In this role you will work with your team to build infrastructure and products for the Databricks platform at scale across multiple domains.
Responsibilities
- Build infrastructure and products for the Databricks platform at scale across multiple domains.
- Develop reliable, scalable services and client libraries that handle massive amounts of data on the cloud, across geographic regions and cloud providers.
- Build tools to allow Databricks engineers to operate their services across different clouds and environments.
- Build services, products and infrastructure at the intersection of machine learning and distributed systems.
- Hire great engineers to build an outstanding team.
- Support engineers in their career development by providing clear feedback and develop engineering leaders.
- Ensure high technical standards by instituting processes (architecture reviews, testing) and culture (engineering excellence).
- Work with engineering and product leadership to build a long‑term roadmap.
- Coordinate execution and collaborate across teams to unblock cross‑cutting projects.
- Partner with product management, sales, and customers to develop innovative features and products.
Requirements
- 12+ years of extensive experience with large‑scale distributed systems, including testing, monitoring, and SLA management.
- Extensive experience as a Software Engineering Leader, building and scaling software engineering teams from the ground up.
- Extensive experience managing a team of strong software engineers.
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees (specific details vary by region).
- Commitment to diversity and inclusion, fostering an environment where everyone can excel.
Additional details
- Job ID: P-995.
- About Databricks: The Data and AI company serving over 20,000 organizations, including 70% of the Fortune 500, with a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog.
- Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices globally.
- Follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
- The company’s commitment to equal employment opportunity and inclusion of protected characteristics.
- Compliance note: If access to export‑controlled technology or source code is required, the employer may apply for a U.S. government license or decline the applicant based on that requirement.
- Benefit details are region‑specific and can be accessed via the provided link.