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Engineering Manager, Spark Connect

Databricks ·
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AI-Agency
B45 U30
📍 Bellevue, US 💰 $180K–$248K Manager 10+ yrs
Apache SparkSpark Connectdistributed systems
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Engineering Manager at Databricks leading the Spark Connect team, a critical component of Databricks Serverless. Responsible for platform reliability, open source strategy, and building a high-performing engineering team.

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Job description

At Databricks, we are building the world’s best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can solve the world’s toughest problems. Founded by engineers and deeply customer-obsessed, we take on hard technical challenges across the stack — and we’re only getting started.

The Spark Platform organization builds the core technologies that power Databricks and the Apache Spark ecosystem. Spark Connect is a critical component of Databricks Serverless and a strategic open source investment that shapes the future developer experience of Spark.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Spark Connect team. This leader will own the Databricks Spark Connect platform, drive reliability and execution for a critical Serverless component, and lead our open source Spark Connect strategy in Apache Spark. This includes owning the OSS roadmap, partnering across teams, and driving adoption of Spark Connect in the open source ecosystem.

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Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

 

Zone 2 Pay Range
$180,500$248,150 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on TwitterLinkedIn and Facebook.

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