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Engineering Manager - Streaming

Databricks
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Bellevue, WA$181k - $253.8kfull-timePosted 10mo ago

About the role

Engineering Manager leading the Apache Spark Structured Streaming team at Databricks, driving state-of-the-art stream processing in OSS and Databricks Platform, with focus on advanced state management, new operators, and scalable performance.

Responsibilities

  • Leading a talented engineering team in Apache Spark™ Structured Streaming team developing and promoting the engine in OSS and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
  • Overseeing sustained recruitment of top-tier talent, and upskilling talent on the team
  • Implementing robust processes to efficiently execute product vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with organizational goals and priorities
  • Build software that is not just high quality but easy to operate.
  • Make company wide impact by driving Stream Processing adoption across the Databricks product portfolio
  • Manage technical debt, including long term technical architecture decisions and balance product roadmap

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience working in a related system, streaming, query processing, query optimization, including big-data ecosystem, Apache Spark™ or database internal
  • A passion for database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, language design, or performance optimization
  • Can ensure the team builds high quality and reliable infrastructure services. Experience being responsible for testing, quality, and SLAs of a product. Previous experience building and leading teams in a complex technical domain, such as on distributed data systems or database internals
  • Ability to attract, hire, and coach engineers who meet the Databricks hiring standards. Can up level existing team via hiring top-notch senior talent, growing leaders and helping struggling members. Can gain trust of the team and guide their careers. Experience managing distributed teams preferred
  • Comfortable working cross functionally with product management and directly with customers; ability to deeply understand product and customer personas

Skills

Required:Apache Spark Structured StreamingDistributed systemsLeadership / people management
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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