Staff Software Engineer - User Activation

Job title: Staff Software Engineer - User Activation

About the Role As a Staff Engineer on the User Activation team, you will drive the technical vision, architecture, and execution for onboarding and horizontal product experiences that accelerate customer adoption and growth. You will guide a team of approximately 20 engineers to build seamless onboarding flows, workspace experiences, and partner integrations that power Databricks expansion.

What You'll Do

• Define and drive the strategy for customer onboarding, workspace experience, account management, and other horizontal product experiences.
• Partner closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to build intuitive, scalable, and extensible solutions that drive product-led growth.
• Lead architectural decisions to ensure performance, reliability, and simplicity across core user flows.
• Hands-on full-stack software development to create dynamic, user-centric experiences.
• Drive best practices for engineering excellence, including design reviews, code quality, testing strategies, and performance optimizations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams developing vertical product experiences (Lakehouse Platform, SQL Warehouse, AI/BI Dashboards) and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and innovation.

What We're Looking For

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with a strong track record of technical leadership and impact.
• 5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers.
• Expertise in Front End or Full Stack development.
• Experience designing and building scalable SaaS platforms, onboarding flows, or customer growth-focused product experiences.
• Expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and modern web application architectures.
• Strong ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and business teams to align technical strategy with company growth objectives.
• Passion for the data intelligence space.

Compensation & Benefits

• Local Pay Range: $192,000—$260,000 USD per year.
• The total compensation package may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.
• For more information regarding location-based ranges, visit our page.