Senior Engineering Manager, Configuration Platform & Rollouts

Neon; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 222,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Annual performance bonus

Equity options

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager in Bellevue, Washington, to lead a team focused on enhancing configuration and feature management across services. You will shape how engineers ship changes safely while ensuring reliability and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of management experience in backend or infrastructure systems, a strong background in distributed systems, and a solid educational background in Computer Science. Salary ranges from $222,000 to $300,000, with comprehensive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing backend or infrastructure teams of 7 to 15 engineers.
• Strong distributed systems background including Java/Scala services.
• Hands-on involvement in engineering management and design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team shaping how engineers ship, ramp, and roll back changes.
• Reduce customer-impacting incidents through stronger guardrails.
• Drive company-wide MTTR through health-mediated releases and auto-rollbacks.

Skills

Managing backend, infrastructure, or platform teams

Distributed systems and infrastructure

Hands-on engineering management

Managing high performing teams

Operational experience with high-availability platforms

Product thinking for developers

Education

BS in Computer Science

Masters or higher level of education preferred

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager in Bellevue, Washington, to lead a team focused on enhancing configuration and feature management across services. You will shape how engineers ship changes safely while ensuring reliability and operational excellence.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of management experience in backend or infrastructure systems, a strong background in distributed systems, and a solid educational background in Computer Science. Salary ranges from $222,000 to $300,000, with comprehensive benefits offered.