About this role
Job title: Sr. Engineering Manager
About the Role As a Sr. Engineering Manager on the Agentic Service Platform team, you will be responsible for building the foundational service frameworks and runtime infrastructure powering every Databricks microservice. The team's mission is to make the platform fast, reliable, observable, and secure by default, so other teams can move quickly. You will lead and scale a multi-faceted team of engineers, own the multi-year technical strategy, drive cross-team initiatives, and champion career development while aligning product and engineering leadership across partner organizations to ensure long-term platform success.
What You'll Do
- Lead and scale a multi-faceted team of engineers, which may include line managers and senior/staff ICs, building core agentic service platform infrastructure used by every service at Databricks.
- Own and set the multi-year technical strategy and organizational roadmap for a critical, cross-cutting domain within the agentic service platform.
- Drive and ensure the predictable, high-quality delivery of complex, multi-quarter/multi-year strategic initiatives, often spanning multiple teams and product areas.
- Champion the career development and growth of engineers and managers, including coaching senior (L5/L6) ICs and guiding line managers.
- Proactively align and influence product and engineering leadership across multiple partner organizations to ensure the long-term success of the platform.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, service frameworks, or platform infrastructure.
- 4+ years of engineering management experience leading strong technical teams.
- A track record of high technical judgment in building and operating large-scale distributed systems, and a deep understanding of customer interactions with platform products across multiple components.
- Demonstrated success in attracting, hiring, and retaining top-tier talent and experience coaching and mentoring line managers or senior/staff level ICs.
- Proven ability to handle complex performance management and promotion cases.
- Existing experience building and running cloud platforms, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts in the SaaS space.
Nice to Have
- Existing experience building and running cloud platforms, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts in the SaaS space.
Compensation & Benefits
- Zone 1 Pay Range: $228,600—$314,250 USD.
- The total compensation package may include annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits. For more information regarding which range your location falls in, visit Databricks' compensation page.