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Databricks · 3 days ago

Sr. Director, Field Engineering - Games

Databricks is the data and AI company that empowers organizations to unify and democratize data, analytics, and AI. The Sr. Director of Field Engineering - Games will lead a team focused on enterprise accounts, driving strategy and execution while fostering a collaborative culture. This role involves building trust-based relationships with customers, enhancing team effectiveness, and promoting a solution and value-based selling approach.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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Responsibilities

Hire and manage first-line Managers and a growing team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects
Build a collaborative culture within a rapid-growth team. Embody and promote Databricks' customer-obsessed, teamwork, and diverse culture
Create trust-based relationships with customers for the long term and understand your industry and sub-verticals, landscapes and trends, to help influence the direction of our accounts
Promote a solution and value-based selling field-engineering organization
Display an understanding of business needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned region
Be a thought leader for Databricks and in the Data and AI ecosystem

Qualification

Enterprise software pre-salesDataAI expertiseLeadership experienceCustomer relationship managementStrategic account growthOperational rigorProcess improvementTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience through work experience
3+ years of second-line leadership experience, managing teams of 30+ individuals
Relevant high-growth enterprise software pre-sales success with senior-level tenure at a reputable software or cloud provider
Ability to elevate engagement, with a track record of driving large transactions and high-growth customers
Proven leadership ability to influence, develop, and empower your team to achieve objectives with a team approach
Drive operational rigor to manage a high-growth business, with the right cadence, drive visibility, and support for customer issues and feature requests
Proven track record of transformational success and delivery of customer value
Track record of building strong ecosystems of lucrative customer relationships and cross-functional partnerships (Sales, Engineering, Marketing)
Experience in growing complex strategic accounts, generating $5M+ in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
Great at instituting processes for technical field members to improve efficiency

Benefits

Annual performance bonus
Equity

Company

Databricks

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Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.

H1B Sponsorship

Databricks has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (385)
2024 (319)
2023 (227)
2022 (222)
2021 (166)
2020 (64)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$25.81B
Key Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B

Leadership Team

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Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
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David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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