Manager, Engineering in Vancouver

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow.

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Pay Range Transparency

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Canada Pay Range: $171,100 — $227,500 CAD

Responsibilities

• You will lead a talented engineering team of full stack engineers and SMEs focused on one of the above initiatives.
• You will oversee sustained recruitment of top‑tier talent, and developing talent on the team.
• You will build processes to implement product vision and strategy, according to organizational goals and priorities.
• You will build software that is not just high quality, but easy to operate.
• You will manage technical debt, including long‑term technical architecture decisions, and balance product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Great at hiring and developing talent.
• Great at creating efficient processes that increase velocity and quality.
• 2+ years of experience in managing teams that build and operate systems in a SaaS environment.
• 5+ years of experience with distributed systems and building platforms and services and best in class application experience which serve multiple product teams and customers.
• Have experience in scaling engineering teams from 5 to 20+.
• Team player that will work with other departments (PM, CS) and engineering teams.
• BS or higher in Computer Science, or a related field.
• Strong track record of attracting, hiring, and retaining top engineering talent.
• Experience managing distributed teams across multiple locations.
• Adaptability and resilience in a fast‑paced, rapidly evolving tech environment.