Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering

Databricks; India; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Accident coverage

Employee Provident Fund

Equity awards

Paid parental leave

Gym reimbursement

Personal development fund

Work headphones reimbursement

Business travel insurance

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Manager (Forward Deployed Engineering) based in Bengaluru to hire and lead Big Data Engineers/Architects. You will guide customers through technical discussions and Databricks journeys, ensuring value realization and strategic outcomes.

You will mentor the team, drive IP development, and partner with stakeholders to deliver exceptional data platform solutions across regions and customers.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of industry experience in data engineering or consulting.
• 6+ years in a customer-facing role or engagement lead.
• 4+ years leading a technical team of Data Engineers/Architects.
• Strong background in the Big Data ecosystem (Spark, Hadoop, Cassandra, etc).
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud environments.
• Familiarity with the Databricks ecosystem is a plus.
• Proven documentation skills and project-management experience.

Responsibilities

• Hire and mentor a team of data engineers and architects.
• Lead hands-on technical and design discussions with regional teams and customers.
• Oversee development of IP, tooling, and reusable assets for services.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to prioritize work and deliver value.
• Manage multiple engagements while sustaining high customer satisfaction.
• Serve as first escalation point for delivery questions.

Skills

12+ years exp

Customer-facing

Lead data engineers

Big Data ecosystem

Cloud platforms

Databricks ecosystem

Documentation skills

Multi-engagement mgmt

People skills

Business-facing insights

Effort estimation

Job description

CSQ227R28

As aManager (Forward Deployed Engineering), you will hire & manage Big Data Engineers / Architects and participate in technical and design discussions with regions and customers. You will also assist our customers by overseeing projects in their Databricks journey and provide them with the guidance, knowledge, and enable them to accomplish the value and achieve their strategic objectives using our products. This individual is expected to be based in Bengaluru.

The impact you will have:

• Hire great people and provide technical guidance, career development, and mentoring to team members
• Participate in key technical and design discussions with technical leads in the team as a hands‑on manager
• Experience leading the development of IP, reusable tooling, and assets for field professional services teams and partners
• Partner with key business stakeholders to prioritise work and create amazing products to support our data platform.
• Manage a team of technical data engineers to achieve customer, company, and team goals
• Acts as the first point of escalation for customers when they have questions with our delivery. Additionally, provides escalation as needed into other parts of Databricks to ensure rapid resolution of technical and business issues.
• Provide input to grow and improve internal processes and customer success service offerings.
• Effectively builds and leverages customer relationships throughout the sales and delivery process.

What we look for:

• 12+ years of industry experience
• 6+ years of successful experience in a customer facing role
• 4+ years of experience leading a technical team of Data Engineers / Architects
• Extensive experience in Big Data ecosystem (Spark, Hadoop ecosystem, Cassandra etc)
• Knowledge of AWS / Azure / GCP
• Knowledge of Databricks ecosystem is a plus
• Proven documentation skills, along with strong project management experience.
• Strong abilities manage multiple engagements, while delivering extremely high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Excellent people skills to partner with various key business stakeholders.
• Conversant with business issues our customers face today and likely big data use cases in different industries
• Experience estimating effort and scope for services

Benefits :

• Private medical insurance
• Accident coverage
• Employee's Provident Fund
• Equity awards
• Paid parental leave
• Gym reimbursement
• Annual personal development fund
• Work headphones reimbursement
• Business travel insurance

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

Benefits

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