R&D Compensation Lead for AI & Engineering

Neon; United States; On-site; USD 174,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a strategic Compensation Lead to partner with R&D founders and the Engineering VP to design equity and cash strategies attracting top systems, platform, and AI engineers. You will bridge deep quantitative analysis with executive advisory, reinforcing our compensation philosophy across core technology teams.

You will co-create incentive models, manage global compensation cycles, and scale our framework with automation and AI solutions to drive speed and precision in

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and modeling skills.
• Experience with equity/compensation concepts is a plus.
• Experience partnering with executives and technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop incentive models tailored to R&D talent and specialized technical compensation structures.
• Own end-to-end execution of merit, equity refresh, and promotion cycles across global engineering teams.
• Scale compensation framework, pricing models, and equity strategies across the organization.

Skills

Excel

Google Sheets

SQL

Python

Tableau

AI analytics tools

Job description

Databricks is seeking a strategic Compensation Lead to partner with R&D founders and the Engineering VP to design equity and cash strategies attracting top systems, platform, and AI engineers. You will bridge deep quantitative analysis with executive advisory, reinforcing our compensation philosophy across core technology teams.

You will co-create incentive models, manage global compensation cycles, and scale our framework with automation and AI solutions to drive speed and precision in