Director of Engineering
Databricks · Bengaluru, India · Executive Engineering - Pipeline · listed August 14, 2025
The shape of it
Seniority
Director
Experience asked
15+ years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
6
Length
622 words
In the posting’s own words
In this role, you will work closely with leaders across the company, within engineering, as well as with product management, field engineering, recruiting and HR. You will lead critical initiatives that enhance developer productivity and drive innovation in the developer platform space. You will be at the forefront of integrating AI tools into the developer workflow, shaping the future of AI-assisted development.
What it asks for · 6
- 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems
- Building, growing, and managing high-performance teams
- Ability to attract and hire engineers who meet the Databricks hiring principles
- Existing experience building and running cloud platforms -or- demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts in the SaaS space (e.g technical background and fast learner).
- Experience working cross-functionality with product management and directly with customers; ability to deeply understand product and customer personas.
- BS in Computer Science or Masters or PhD
What the job covers
- Solve real business needs at a large scale by applying your software engineering
- Ensure consistent delivery against milestones and strong alignment with the field working "two-in-a-box" with product leadership
- Evolve organizational structure to align with long term initiatives, build strong "5 ingredient" teams with good comms architecture
- Manage technical debt, including long term technical architecture decisions and balance product roadmap
- Leading and participating in technical, product, and design discussions
- Building, managing, and operating a highly scalable services in the cloud
- Growing leaders on the team by providing coaching, mentorship, and growth opportunities
- Partnering with other engineering and product leaders on planning, prioritization and staffing
- Creating a culture of excellence on the team while leading with empathy
Degree language
- BS in Computer Science or Masters or PhD
Tools and skills named
Product & design
- Product management2×
- Roadmap
- User experience
Data
- Databricks2×
Ways of working
- Mentorship2×
Cloud & infra
- Distributed systems
Go to market
- SaaS
Operations & finance
- Recruiting
Words the posting leans on
- product7×
- building5×
- technical5×
- data4×
- engineering4×
- customers3×
- developer3×
- leaders3×
- platform3×
- architecture2×
- business2×
- cloud2×
- development2×
- engineers2×
- experience building2×
- field2×
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