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Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager - Reliability

Databricks ·
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AI-Agency
B45 U55
📍 Mountain View, US Staff 10+ yrs
AWSAzureGCPKubernetesdistributed systems
TL;DR

Senior Staff Technical Program Manager for Reliability at Databricks, leading cross-company programs to enhance reliability and operational excellence of multi-cloud infrastructure. Requires 10+ years managing large-scale technical programs in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.

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Job description

P-1489

About Databricks

At Databricks, we are passionate about empowering data teams to tackle the world's most complex challenges — from bringing the next mode of transportation to reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We achieve this by building and operating the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform, enabling our customers to leverage deep data insights and enhance their business.

The Role

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Reliability to lead the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of our most critical Reliability initiatives across infrastructure and product engineering teams at Databricks. As Databricks scales to support thousands of customers and the world’s most data-intensive workloads, Reliability is foundational to our mission. In this role, you will lead cross-company programs that significantly enhance the reliability, performance, and operational excellence of our multi-cloud infrastructure.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact leadership role partnering closely with our most senior engineering leaders, including Reliability Program executive sponsors, senior TLs, and Engineering Managers to define Reliability strategy, set long-term goals, and execute multi-quarter programs to build the most reliable cloud platform on the planet to help our customers run their mission-critical workloads on. 

To be successful, you must possess a deep understanding of large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and engineering principles that drive operational excellence. You will leverage your background to anticipate risks, shape technical direction, and deliver complex programs across product, engineering, SRE, and cloud partner teams.

You will have the opportunity to:

Lead Reliability Strategy + Multi-Quarter Roadmaps

Drive Execution of Critical Reliability Programs

Partner Deeply with Engineering & Influence Technical Direction

Elevate Reliability Culture Across the Organization

What we look for:

Required Experience & Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications



 

Pay Range Transparency

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.

 

Local Pay Range
$189,800$256,160 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.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

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