Databricks · 2 weeks ago
Staff Software Engineer - User Activation
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$192K/yr - $260K/yr
15+ years expDatabricks is a data and AI company that enables data teams to solve complex problems. As a Staff Engineer on the User Activation team, you will drive the technical vision and execution for product experiences that enhance customer adoption and growth, leading a team of software engineers to create seamless onboarding and workspace experiences.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Define and drive the strategy for customer onboarding, workspace experience, account management, and other horizontal product experiences
Partner closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to build intuitive, scalable, and extensible solutions that drive product-led growth
Lead architectural decisions to ensure performance, reliability, and simplicity across core user flows
Hands-on full-stack software development to create dynamic, user-centric experiences
Drive best practices for engineering excellence, including design reviews, code quality, testing strategies, and performance optimizations
Collaborate cross-functionally with teams developing vertical product experiences (Lakehouse Platform, SQL Warehouse, AI/BI Dashboards) and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and innovation
Qualification
Required
15+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of technical leadership and impact
5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers
Expertise in Front End or Full Stack development
Experience designing and building scalable SaaS platforms, onboarding flows, or customer growth-focused product experiences
Expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and modern web application architectures
Strong ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and business teams to align technical strategy with company growth objectives
Passion for the data intelligence space
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25.81BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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