Senior Engineering Manager for Workspace PlatformActive$217K
The opportunity
At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI…
What you'll do
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.
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.
What they're looking for
- 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.