Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager - Reliability

P-1489 About Databricks At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems; from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers and customer obsessed, we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started. The Role We are seeking a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to own and lead a company-wide portfolio of security programs spanning Trust & Safety Engineering, Identity and Access Management, Platform Security, Security Operations, Product Security, and IT. This role will take a major security risk portfolio from strategy to measurable risk reduction by driving prioritization, architecture alignment, investment planning, execution, adoption, and operationalization. The scope connects customer-facing product security with internal engineering and enterprise controls across Databricks’ product, corporate, and Databricks-on-Databricks environments. Success means advancing a complex security domain, creating clarity where direction is incomplete, and materially improving Databricks’ security posture, customer trust, and ability to operate at scale. The TPM will structure ambiguous problems, evaluate technical and resourcing tradeoffs, establish durable decision mechanisms, and align VP- and Director-level organizations with competing priorities and shared dependencies. This is an executive-facing role and a trusted partner to C-suite executives, VPs of Engineering and Product, Security executives, and senior architects. The TPM will communicate risk, options, decisions, progress, and escal

GAQ327R224 About Databricks At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems, from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers, and customer obsessed, we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started. The Role As the enterprise software landscape shifts from standard software-as-a-service to autonomous intelligence, Databricks is leading the charge by fundamentally transforming how an AI company runs itself. We are seeking a Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager (L7) to lead a high-impact internal incubator within our Corporate Engineering organization. Operating as a strategic, hands-on technical leader and a manager of a lean team of 3 to 4 TPMs , you will bridge the gap between internal infrastructure and cutting-edge product engineering. Your primary mission is to build Databricks' first-party agentic application platform designed to architect, deploy, and scale internal AI tools and autonomous digital agents. By driving this mission, you will eliminate corporate reliance on third-party vendors and vendor software, replacing legacy SaaS with native, highly scalable solutions built directly on top of the Databricks platform. In this role, you will act as a premier thought leader redefining the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) through the lens of artificial intelligence. You will partner directly with our CIO, Corporate Engineering VPs, R&D Operations, and cross-functional product teams to establish the operational connective tissue necessary to move sophisticated tools from initial concept to f

RDQ427R337 About the Role Databricks is looking for a highly capable, process-driven, and proactive Executive Assistant to support a Senior Leader within Product & Engineering, while also supporting our SVP of Corporate Development & Ventures. The primary mission of this person is to support our Engineering and Product leaders, partnering with them to operationalize their teams' cross-functional strategies. You will serve as a key liaison across various departments—including Sales, Marketing, IT, and other critical functions—to ensure alignment and execution. Additionally, you will drive strategic initiatives and community events that foster collaboration across the Engineering and Product organizations. While deeply rooted in supporting a massive internal engineering footprint, this high-visibility, fast-paced role sits at a unique intersection. You will also manage the rhythm of a deal-driven corporate development environment, triaging incoming requests from startups, founders, and investors, and handling highly sensitive, confidential information with absolute discretion. The Impact You Will Have Ensure the Engineering leader is prepared for all meetings, with an accurate and forward-looking calendar. Effectively prioritize the calendar and schedule meetings in a timely manner. Provide timely responses to all stakeholder requests. Enhance the Engineering leader's time efficiency, leading to a more productive team and company. Execute strategic initiatives well, delivering on defined outcomes. Responsibilities Calendar Management: Organizes all meetings across international time zones, including but not limited to internal engineering team meetings, customer meetings, internal business partners, and external venture/M&A requests. Request Tracking & SLAs: Builds and maintains records of all meeting requests and closes out all requests in a timely manner. Keeps to a strong SLA on responding to requests from both internal technical staff and external

P-1495 About Databricks At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started. About the Role Databricks is seeking a Senior Staff Product Operations Manager to serve as the chief architect of our internal operational ecosystem. This is a high-leverage leadership role embedded within Engineering, designed to orchestrate the complex intersection of technical innovation, product lifecycle maturity, and global Go-to-Market (GTM) acceleration. In this capacity, you will move beyond the management of existing processes to lead the creation of a formal Operational Association . You will be responsible for designing the high-fidelity frameworks that allow our engineering organization to remain agile while ensuring that every product investment is data-driven, transparent, and rigorously aligned with our long-term commercial strategy. This role is purpose-built for a strategic thinker who excels at navigating the "gray space" between a deep technical roadmap and the sophisticated financial requirements of a global enterprise platform. Impact Operational Orchestration: Define and govern the strategic engagement model between Engineering, Product, and GTM, ensuring that product lifecycle milestones are seamlessly integrated with field readiness and revenue velocity. Investment Intelligence: Act as a critical advisor to executive leadership, applying a consultant’s rigor to evaluate business inves

RDQ126R35 At Databricks, observability and governance are what turn a massive, multi-tenant data and AI platform into one customers can trust at scale. We are looking for a senior technical leader to drive strategy and execution across three closely related teams at the heart of that mission: Query Observability, SQL Warehouse Management, and Account-Level Observability and Governance. Query Observability builds the performance and observability tooling, ingesting very large volumes of query telemetry and turning it into history views, execution plans, performance insights, and recommendations that help customers run workloads reliably at scale. Beyond query observability, you will be responsible for building observability and actionable insights at compute level, workspace level, and account level so that admins can confidently manage large accounts. This is a new technical leadership role responsible for setting the durable architecture across all these surfaces, raising the engineering bar of the combined team, and shaping the next generation of agentic experiences that let users — and the systems they run on — investigate, diagnose, and act on insights across query, warehouse, workspace, and account levels. The Impact You Will Have Establish the long-term technical direction across query observability, warehouse management, and account-level governance, and own the multi-year architecture all three surfaces are built on. Design and lead high-impact projects that move the needle on performance, reliability, and cost transparency for customers. Build the next generation of agentic observability and governance — extensible experiences that let users and automated agents investigate, diagnose, and act on telemetry across query, warehouse, and account. Partner deeply with Databricks SQL, Unity Catalog, AI, security, and platform teams to integrate end-to-end visibility and governance across the data plane and control plane. Mentor senior engineers, set the technical

P-1478 The Agentic Applications team at Databricks is on an ambitious journey to transform how we run the business. Our mission is to build resilient, in-house platforms and AI-powered capabilities that provide a genuine competitive advantage, powering our next doubling in size and revenue. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Agentic Applications team, you will play a critical role delivering end-to-end applications that power our business and empower our employees with truly assistive technologies. You will be responsible for defining the technical roadmap, designing critical software systems, raising the bar on engineering excellence, mentoring junior engineers, and tackling the most challenging technical issues facing the team. You will be the technical leader for a team of software engineers. The impact you’ll have : Define the technical strategy and roadmap for building in-house solutions for critical internal workflows Partner closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to build end-to-end, AI-powered solutions Eliminate technical risk by solving the most technically challenging issues or tackling the most complex development tasks facing the team Drive team best practices for engineering excellence, including design quality, operational reviews, testing strategies, and incident management. What we look for: 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of technical leadership and impact. 3+ years of engineering leadership experience, serving as the technical owner for the software systems owned by your team. Experience designing and building end-to-end, full-stack cloud-native applications Customer obsession and product engineering mindset Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical and business stakeholders History of raising the engineering quality bar, focus on execution and operational rigor Strong ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and business team