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Databricks · 2 days ago
Sr. Developer Advocate, Delta Lake
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$115K/yr - $204K/yr
5+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Share knowledge by giving talks, hosting panels and meetups, blogging, writing books, developing courseware, answering forum questions, and meeting 1:1 with influential data engineers in the Delta Lake OSS community.
Work closely with the open source community building Delta Lake, including Delta Lake Scala, Delta Lake Rust, Delta Kernel Rust, and other Delta Lake-related projects.
Generate awareness for Delta Lake by establishing it as a leading technical solution through regular speaking engagements at industry events.
Expand Delta Lake meetups and user groups to attract tens of thousands of participants, fostering a thriving community.
Foster enthusiasm for Delta Lake by leveraging creativity and innovation to create engaging experiences and content, welcoming novel perspectives and stimulating discussions.
Enable data engineers to excel in building their data infrastructure with Delta Lake.
Empower data engineers to reach their objectives and share their success stories efficiently.
Create high-quality educational resources such as videos, sample notebooks, tutorials, and blog posts to facilitate the widespread adoption of new Delta Lake features.
Advocate for the needs and desires of the Delta Lake community within Databricks, ensuring their voices are heard and considered by other teams.
Provide robust support for users across platforms like Slack, StackOverflow, and online communities to stay attuned to their feedback and requirements.
Work on Delta Lake example notebooks in the delta-examples repo.
Qualification
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Required
5+ years of experience as a software developer and subject matter knowledge of solving data engineering problems at all scales.
Experience with Scala, Python, and SQL.
You are a leader in the Delta Lake data practitioner communities.
Experience working with and contributing to open source communities.
Experience managing, operationalizing, and engaging with developer communities, running user groups, or holding global meetups.
You are a solid communicator with experience writing about, teaching, and speaking about complex technical topics.
You have empathy and understanding of developer personas and can apply that to the design and development of good experiences in tutorials, notebooks, communities, and more.
Benefits
Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, dental, and vision
401(k) Plan
Equity awards
Flexible time off
Paid parental leave
Family Planning
Gym reimbursement
Annual personal development fund
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Mental wellness resources
Company
Databricks
Databricks is an AI cloud data platform that interacts with corporate information stored in the public cloud.
5,001-10,000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (177)
2022 (238)
2021 (193)
2020 (79)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.18BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2023-09-14Series I· $684.56M
2023-07-31Secondary Market· Undisclosed
2021-08-31Series H· $1.6B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
Co-founder & CEO
Matei Zaharia
Co-Founder and CTO
Recent News
2024-06-05
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