Staff Software Engineer - User Activation

Databricks · San Francisco, California · Engineering - Pipeline · listed April 30, 2025

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The shape of it

Seniority
Staff
Experience asked
5–15 years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$192,000 – $260,000 USD
Requirements listed
7
Length
796 words

In the posting’s own words

As a Staff Engineer on the User Activation team, you will play a critical role in driving the technical vision, architecture, and execution for horizontal product experiences that accelerate customer adoption and growth. Sitting at the entry point for all Databricks customers, you will help guide a team of ~20 software engineers to create seamless onboarding flows, intuitive workspace experiences, and partner integrations that power Databricks expansion.

What it asks for · 7

  • 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.

What the job covers

  • 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.

Tools and skills named

Cloud & infra
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Distributed systems
  • GCP
Data
  • Databricks3×
  • Data warehouse
Go to market
  • Account management
  • SaaS
Product & design
  • Product management
  • User experience
Languages
  • SQL
Ways of working
  • Testing

Words the posting leans on

  • experiences10×
  • customer6×
  • data5×
  • engineering5×
  • platform4×
  • product experiences4×
  • technical4×
  • development3×
  • drive3×
  • engineers3×
  • growth3×
  • infrastructure3×
  • management3×
  • software3×
  • architecture2×
  • building2×

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