Description
Job Title: Director of Engineering (Data Infrastructure)
Location: Bengaluru, India
We're looking for a seasoned Director of Engineering to lead our data infrastructure organization in Bengaluru. As a founding technical leader in our fastest-growing engineering hub, you will be responsible for building world-class teams and shaping architectural decisions that ripple across the company.
About the Role:
- You will build the data infrastructure organization that makes Databricks' continued growth possible.
- Establish foundational teams in Bengaluru owning the bedrock systems that guarantee billing correctness, operational resilience, and zero-downtime recovery across our entire monetization stack.
- Define what world-class infrastructure looks like for the next decade of data platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver the infrastructure vision for systems processing billions in daily billing transactions with zero tolerance for error.
- Build Bengaluru's data infrastructure organization by establishing it as the destination for India's top infrastructure talent.
- Own business-critical systems operating 24/7/365 across 100+ regions where even 99.9% uptime means hours of customer pain.
- Ship platforms that compound engineering leverage across Databricks.
Requirements:
- 14+ years in distributed systems engineering with 6+ years leading infrastructure organizations and 4+ years managing managers at companies where infrastructure failures meant immediate revenue impact, customer escalations, or regulatory consequences.
- Technical depth across petabyte-scale data pipelines and distributed systems reliability.
- Track record defining multi-year infrastructure vision and translating it into sequential deliverables that show value quarterly.
- Experience building 99.999%+ reliable systems with established practices for SLOs/SLIs, chaos engineering, disaster recovery, and sophisticated observability.
- Proven ability to scale infrastructure organizations in high-growth environments.
- Communication skills to make complex infrastructure decisions legible to executives.
What You'll Need:
- BS in Computer Science or Engineering; MS or Ph.D. preferred.
- Experience with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, large-scale data infrastructure, fintech/billing systems, or leading infrastructure through hypergrowth strongly preferred.
Benefits:
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel.
Compliance:
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