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Databricks

Director, Field Engineering

Databricks

Published 15 May 2026
San Francisco, CA, USA
218K - 300K USD Annual
Full Time

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Role Highlights

Languages used

Key skills

Data Engineer
Big Data
Data Architect
Data Infrastructure
Machine Learning
Data Science
Product Management
Customer Success
Data Warehousing
Solution Architect
AI
Gaming
Architecture

Tools, Libraries and Frameworks

DataBricks
SAS
MLFlow
Apache Spark
AD

Description

The role involves leading a team of Solutions Architecture leaders across five business lines within the Media industry. The individual will translate team vision into effective strategies to drive customer data and AI experiences. Responsibilities include managing, training, and growing a large technical team while maintaining a robust hiring pipeline. The leader will partner with sales and other internal departments to increase revenue and ensure customer success. Additionally, the role requires guiding the team to maintain advanced technical knowledge and providing comprehensive solutions for customer needs.

Required Qualifications and Skills

Candidates must possess at least 10 years of professional experience in the data space with technical products such as data warehousing, big data, or machine learning. A minimum of 5 years of experience in the field architecting data-driven solutions within the Media industry is required, along with 5 years of experience leading technical pre-sales teams. Applicants need a deep understanding of the Media and Entertainment industry, including ad tech, martech, and data collaboration ecosystems. The role requires demonstrated expertise in hiring, onboarding, and enabling technical professionals.

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About the company

Databricks

Size

8632

HQ

San Francisco, US

Public/Private

Privately Held

Description

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. --- Attention: Databricks applicants Due to reports of phishing, were requesting that all Databricks applicants apply through our official Careers page at databricks.com/company/careers (good news you are here). All official communication from Databricks will come from email addresses ending with @databricks.com or @goodtime.io (our meeting tool).

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