Director of Engineering (Data Infrastructure)

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Key Responsibilities

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  In this leadership opportunity, you will build the data infrastructure organization that makes Databricks' continued growth possible.
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  You will pursue these challenges as a founding technical leader in our fastest-growing engineering hub and strategic partner to global infrastructure leaders.
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  In addition to building world-class teams, you will shape architectural decisions that ripple across the company and champion infrastructure-as-product thinking that transforms infrastructure into force multipliers globally.
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  We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards.

Requirements

• Track record defining multi-year infrastructure vision and translating it into sequential deliverables that show value quarterly while building toward architectural end states, positioning infrastructure investments as business enablers rather than cost centers, and making build-vs-buy decisions that compound over time
• BS in Computer Science or Engineering; MS or Ph.D. preferred. Experience with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, large-scale data infrastructure, fintech/billing systems, or leading infrastructure through hypergrowth strongly preferred
• You have the technical depth to debate data architecture, the strategic vision to define multi-year platform roadmaps, the leadership craft to build teams that top engineers want to join, and most importantly, the conviction that data infrastructure done right doesn't just support the business; it defines what's possible.
• Experience with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, large-scale data infrastructure, fintech/billing systems, or leading infrastructure through hypergrowth strongly preferred About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company.
• 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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