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Engineering Manager - App Frameworks

Databricks
Databricks Salary
Mountain View, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/20/2026
RDQ427R330

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to tackle technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started.

As an Engineering Manager on the App Framework team, you will be responsible for building the foundational service frameworks and runtime infrastructure that power every microservice at Databricks. The team's goal is to make every service at Databricks fast, reliable, observable, and secure by default, without each team having to solve these problems independently. The team owns the core application platform: multi-language service and RPC frameworks, core libraries, request context propagation, overload protection, and abstractions that extend full platform capabilities to any language. The team’s work is high-leverage - a single improvement we ship benefits thousands of production services and thousands of engineers across the company.

The Impact You Will Have

  • Lead a team of talented engineers building core application platform infrastructure used by every service at Databricks.
  • Own and drive the technical roadmap for one or more pillars.
  • Drive multi-quarter execution on high-impact platform initiatives.
  • Hire great engineers to build an outstanding team.
  • Support engineers in their career development by providing clear feedback, as well developing engineering leaders.
  • Ensure high technical standards by instituting processes and a culture of engineering excellence.
  • Work with engineering and product leadership to build a long-term roadmap and coordinate execution across teams to unblock cross-cutting projects.

What We Look For

  • 5 years of engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, service frameworks, or platform infrastructure.
  • 2 years of engineering management experience leading strong technical teams.
  • Can ensure the team builds high quality and reliable infrastructure. Experience being responsible for testing, quality, and service level agreements of a product.
  • Strong track record of attracting, hiring, and retaining top engineering talent.
  • Experience attracting, hiring, and coaching engineers who meet the Databricks hiring standards. Can uplevel existing team by hiring top-notch senior talent, growing leaders and helping struggling members. Can gain the trust of the team and guide their careers.
  • Existing experience building and running cloud platforms, or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts in the SaaS space.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

As a federal government contractor, Databricks requires new U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. Databricks will make reasonable accommodations based on medical conditions or religious grounds for qualified candidates in accordance with applicable law.

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.

Zone 1 Pay Range

$190,000—$261,250 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 Twitter, LinkedIn 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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