Engineering Manager: Foundation Model Inference Leader

Databricks; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 261,250; Full time

Job summary

Databricks in San Francisco, CA, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead part of the Foundation Model Inference organization. You will build and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers, drive execution on large, multi-quarter initiatives, and maintain a high bar for architecture and reliability.

You will partner with product management and peer teams to translate customer needs into roadmaps, ensure service health, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture.

Qualifications

• Experience managing and growing high-performing software engineering teams.
• Strong technical judgment in distributed systems, platform infrastructure, AI/ML infrastructure, or large-scale backend services.
• A track record of delivering complex, multi-quarter engineering initiatives with high quality and predictable execution.
• Experience partnering effectively with product management and peer engineering teams to translate customer and business needs into roadmaps and shipped outcomes.
• Operational rigor, including experience with service health, incident response, postmortems, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and hiring skills.

Skills

Team leadership

Distributed systems

AI/ML infra

Roadmap delivery

Operational excellence

Communication & hiring

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Databricks in San Francisco, CA, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead part of the Foundation Model Inference organization. You will build and mentor a team of infrastructure engineers, drive execution on large, multi-quarter initiatives, and maintain a high bar for architecture and reliability.

You will partner with product management and peer teams to translate customer needs into roadmaps, ensure service health, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture.