# Staff Partner Engineer, Azure

**Company**: Databricks
**Location**: New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington
**Experience**: staff
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150,200-$206,450 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18350420

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## Description

We're seeking a Partner Engineer to own the technical relationship between Databricks Product/Engineering and Microsoft Azure.

You will be the primary technical liaison managing our cross product roadmap, driving engineering integrations, and ensuring Databricks products work seamlessly within the Azure ecosystem.

**Impact you will have**

- Own the Databricks-Azure product-to-cloud technical roadmap, serving as the primary interface between Databricks Product Management and Azure partner teams to ensure alignment on features, integrations, and co-innovation priorities.

- Track and drive resolution of cross-company dependencies and blockers, manage joint milestone timing with Azure teams, and own the coordination rhythms that keep both sides aligned through delivery.

- Drive engineering integration work between Databricks and Azure product teams coordinating cross-company technical initiatives from scoping through delivery.

- Create and maintain technical architecture artifacts showing 'better together' integration patterns, holistic architecture diagrams, and reference implementations for Azure + Databricks solutions.

- Enable field teams with technical guidance on Azure-Databricks integration patterns, working with Solution Architects and Customer Success to accelerate Azure customer wins.

**What we’re looking for**

- 10+ years of experience in cloud solution architecture, partner engineering, or technical program management roles, with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure services and architecture patterns.

- Proven experience managing strategic technical partnerships at VP/C-level, with ability to navigate complex multi-company engineering initiatives and drive consensus across organizations.

- Hands-on technical skills with ability to prototype integrations, debug complex issues, and validate technical feasibility of proposed solutions. Experience with Python, SQL, infrastructure-as-code, and API integration patterns.

- Demonstrated ability to manage high-stakes partner relationships where strategic interests diverge, including setting boundaries and managing expectations while preserving long-term partnership health.

- Deep knowledge of Databricks platform and Microsoft data/AI ecosystem.

- Excellent communication and influence skills, with ability to translate technical requirements between Product Management, Engineering, and external partner teams.

**Preferred**

- Prior experience in Partner Solutions Architect or Alliance Engineering roles at cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) or major ISVs.

- Background working at or with Microsoft - understanding of Microsoft field organization, partner program structure, and decision-making processes.

- History of driving product-to-product integrations between major platforms.

- Familiarity with modern development workflows and AI-assisted development tools.

**Pay Range Transparency** The pay range for this role is $150,200-$206,450 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Azure
- cloud solution architecture
- partner engineering
- technical program management
- Python
- SQL
- infrastructure-as-code
- API integration patterns

### Nice to have
- Partner Solutions Architect
- Alliance Engineering
- Microsoft field organization
- modern development workflows
- AI-assisted development tools

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