Director of Engineering (Lakeflow)

We are looking for a senior leader to run our Connect organization in India. As the Director of Engineering, you will be responsible for solving real business needs at a large scale by applying your software engineering skills. You will ensure consistent delivery against milestones and strong alignment with the field working "two-in-a-box" with product leadership.

Key responsibilities include:

• Evolving organizational structure to align with long-term initiatives
• Building strong "5 ingredient" teams with good comms architecture
• Managing technical debt, including long-term technical architecture decisions and balancing product roadmap
• Leading and participating in technical, product, and design discussions
• Building, managing, and operating a highly scalable service 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

Requirements include:

• 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems
• Building, growing, and managing high-performance teams
• Ability to 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
• Experience working cross-functionality with product management and directly with customers; ability to deeply understand product and customer personas

This is a great opportunity to lead a key strategic initiative for Databricks.