Sr. Manager, Engineering Storage Platform

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 18 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

RDQ326R425

At Databricks we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the worlds 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 worlds best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business.

The Storage Platform is a mission-critical function provisioning and managing the thousands of storage systems that power the majority of Databricks services. We ensure unparalleled high availability scalability and performance for thousands of instances across all three major cloud platformsGCP AWS and Azurein 75 production regions globally.

This team is responsible for managing the intelligent gateway entry points to these storage systems. Furthermore we are pioneering a proprietary AI-backed system for smart diagnosis and new operational innovations. For more detail on our work please see this blog: how-we-debug-1000s-databases-ai-databricks.

We are seeking an Engineering Leader to lead this team a role that demands driving innovation in a high-stakes environment championing operational excellence and developing talented individuals. This position reports directly to the Director of Engineering.

The main responsibilities include:

Lead the development and maintenance of client components that interface with core storage systems.
Champion and enforce best practices for schema and query design across the organization; drive innovation in data migration and schema version upgrades.
Deliver innovative solutions for intelligent debugging and operational activities to significantly boost developer productivity.
Hire and lead top-tier engineering talent fostering a highly synergistic team structure and collaborating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

The impact you will have:

Drive the development and successful deployment of mission-critical services and infrastructure.
Directly impact Databricks core reliability performance and operational efficiency.
Mentor and grow a world-class team of software engineers.
Evolve the organizational structure to align with long-term technology roadmaps fostering effective communication and high-performing team models.
Manage long-term technical architecture decisions while strategically balancing the product roadmap.

What we look for:

B.S. in Computer Science (M.S. or Ph.D. preferred).
5 years of industry experience in infrastructure with a strong preference for expertise in storage technologies and databases.
Deep working knowledge of database systems storage systems distributed systems language design query optimization and performance tuning.
Proven track record of leading and scaling teams to build and operate high-quality reliable infrastructure services in fast-paced environments.
Extensive experience collaborating with multiple engineering teams across different locations.

Required Experience:

Manager

RDQ326R425At Databricks we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the worlds 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 worlds best data and AI infrastructure pla...