Databricks: Director of Engineering — Bengaluru, India

About Databricks

Databricks develops a platform for data, analytics and AI. Its employer material describes bringing related capabilities together so organisations can build and scale applications, analytics and agents using their information. The advertised platform portfolio includes data-engineering, lakehouse, governance and AI-related products. Its business connects the infrastructure used to manage data with the tools used to derive insights or create applications, rather than treating those activities as entirely separate technology projects.

The position and its setting

Databricks lists Director of Engineering in Bengaluru, India, under reference 7896551002. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Executive Engineering - Pipeline
• Employer listing date: 14 August 2025

Responsibilities and work described

• Solve real business needs at a large scale by applying your software engineering
• Quality / delivery: consistent delivery against milestones and alignment with the field working "two-in-a-box" with product leadership
• Evolve organizational structure to align with long term initiatives, build "5 ingredient" teams with good comms architecture
• Management: technical debt, including long term technical architecture decisions and balance product roadmap
• Leadership: and participating in technical, product, and design discussions
• Building, managing, and operating a highly scalable services in the cloud
• Growing leaders on the team by providing coaching, mentorship, and growth opportunities
• Partnering with other engineering and product leaders on planning, prioritization and staffing
• Creating a culture of excellence on the team while leading with empathy

Essential requirements and candidate background

• 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems
• Building, growing, and managing high-performance teams
• Attract and hire engineers who meet the Databricks hiring principles
• Existing experience building and running cloud platforms -or- demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts in the SaaS space (e.g technical background and fast learner)
• Experience working cross-functionality with product management and directly with customers; ability to deeply understand product and customer personas
• BS in Computer Science or Masters or PhD

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Advertised location: Bengaluru, India

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees
• For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Director of Engineering vacancy is not an offer for reference 7896551002; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

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How to apply to Databricks

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Practical preparation: Excel

Excel examples should identify the task, the data and the checks used to avoid an incorrect result. Explain whether you built a reporting workbook, reconciled records, automated a process or maintained an existing model.

Relevant skills

• Excel
• AI
• compliance