Director of Engineering - Databricks Commercialization & Marketplace
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
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About Databricks
Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.
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About the Role
You will lead the engineering organization that owns the commercial engine end to end, set product and technology strategy, own cross-org revenue-critical programs, partner with Finance, build a leadership bench, and hire for the Bellevue site.
Requirements
- 12+ years in software engineering including 6+ years leading engineering organizations and managing managers
- Track record delivering large revenue-critical cross-functional programs
- Technical depth in distributed systems and large-scale data pipelines
- Fluency in order-to-cash and finance concepts
- Strong product judgment
- Clear communication of strategy to executives
- Experience scaling an organization while keeping a high hiring bar
- BS in Computer Science or related field; MS preferred
- Plus: Kafka, Apache Spark, Delta Lake or cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Responsibilities
- Set and communicate multi-year product and technology strategy for the commerce engine
- Own business outcomes across orgs for revenue-critical programs
- Build reusable commercialization platform capabilities
- Hold reliability, correctness, SOX compliance, security and cost visibility to high standards
- Partner with Business and Finance to turn accounting and compliance requirements into engineering design
- Build a team of engineering managers and leaders
- Hire senior engineering and management talent for the Bellevue site
Benefits
- Eligibility for annual performance bonus
- Equity