P-1553
As a Staff Designated Engineer and tech subject matter expert, you will partner closely with our Field and Engineering teams to deliver high-touch specialized support and tailored technical solutions for Databricks' largest and most strategic customers in the Digital Native Business (DNB) segment. In this customer-facing role, you will leverage your technical expertise in Apache Spark™ and other data technologies to triage and resolve complex product issues and unblock our customers’ most critical technical challenges.
The Impact You Will Have- Perform advanced Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis to resolve performance and reliability issues in Spark, SQL, Delta, Streaming, and Databricks runtime features using tools like Spark UI metrics, Mosaic AI Model Service, DAGs, and event logs.
- Discover requirements for continuous monitoring to detect early performance issues working with R&D and NOC teams to optimize the DNB customer environments.
- Build Rapid POCs, Test/Deploy/Monitor the solutions built by Databricks Engineering to address customer challenges and showcase advanced Spark/ML/AI runtime capabilities aligned with their business goals.
- Develop comprehensive playbooks and maintain a knowledge base of common issues and solutions for Spark, ML, and AI workflows.
- Train customer engineering and business teams on best practices in performance tuning, debugging, and effectively leveraging Databricks Features.
- Pilot new best practices processes/ programs, champion process improvements, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the customer experience.
- Advocate for customers in business review meetings and maintain close relationships as a trusted advisor and primary technical point of contact.
- Collaborate onsite with Field Engineering, Sales, and Product teams during customer engagements and technical presentations to provide rapid solutions to production-impacting issues, demonstrating deep technical expertise and building strong customer trust.
- Technical Expertise in Big Data and Spark: 8–12 years of experience designing, building, and troubleshooting distributed computing applications, with 4+ years delivering production-scale Spark/ML/AI solutions using Python, Java, or Scala.
- Data Engineering Specialization: Hands-on expertise with Data Lakes, SQL-based databases, and Cloud-based Data Warehousing/ETL tools like Snowflake, Redshift, Bigquery, etc
- Advanced Tech Skills: Deep knowledge of Spark core internals, Delta/Iceberg, JVM optimization, and memory management, with additional proficiency in AI ecosystems like Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI.
- Cloud and CI/CD Skills: Practical experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, coupled with expertise in building and managing CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and alerting systems.
- Customer-Facing Experience: 3–5 years in customer-facing roles such as Technical Account Manager or Solutions Architect, demonstrating strong communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
- Advanced Proactive Problem Solving Skills: Proven ability to anticipate, identify, and mitigate risks while planning solutions for production challenges. Effectively use sound business judgment, risk avoidance and subject matter expert resources to coordinate team efforts to solve problems.
- Collaboration and Leadership: Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to address roadblocks, mitigate risks, and drive customer success while creating impactful documentation for self-service solutions.
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
Benefits
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Skills Required
- 8-12 years of experience designing and troubleshooting distributed computing applications
- 4+ years delivering production-scale Spark/ML/AI solutions
- Hands-on expertise with Data Lakes and SQL-based databases
- Experience with Cloud-based Data Warehousing/ETL tools
- Proficient in Spark core internals and AI ecosystems
- Practical experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- 3-5 years in customer-facing roles
- Proven ability to anticipate and mitigate risks
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are a meaningful part of offers, and periodic tender opportunities and secondary options have made private equity more tangible for many employees. This perceived upside contributes to strong total-compensation sentiment in key roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is paired with mental‑health resources and wellness reimbursements, indicating a robust health package. Multiple summaries highlight broad coverage that employees can practically use.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays/sick time, and fully paid parental leave are frequently described, with hybrid/remote flexibility common in the U.S. These policies expand time‑off accessibility across different life stages.
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What We Do
As the leader in Unified Data Analytics, Databricks helps organizations make all their data ready for analytics, empower data science and data-driven decisions across the organization, and rapidly adopt machine learning to outpace the competition. By providing data teams with the ability to process massive amounts of data in the Cloud and power AI with that data, Databricks helps organizations innovate faster and tackle challenges like treating chronic disease through faster drug discovery, improving energy efficiency, and protecting financial markets.
