Senior Software Frontend Engineer – Dashboards

Databricks; San Francisco (CA); On-site; CAD 146,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Canada is seeking a frontend-focused software engineer to design and build high-performance dashboard experiences, including SQL datasets, custom calculations, and semantic modeling.

You will collaborate with design and product to translate analytic concepts into polished dashboard experiences, drive innovation, and own frontend development for core workflows with a focus on usability, performance, and accessibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building frontend and backend systems.
• Expertise in modern frontend with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React.
• Deep understanding of UX, accessibility, and responsive design for data-heavy interfaces.
• Experience designing scalable systems and abstractions for interactive dashboards.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and deliver user-facing features.
• Experience building dashboards, analytics, data exploration, or BI tools is a plus.
• Familiarity with SQL authoring, semantic modeling, or related workflows is a plus.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or Kubernetes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and build dashboard experiences for creating and editing dashboards and the data behind them.
• Partner with design/product to translate analytic concepts into dashboard experiences.
• Drive innovation in how users interact with data at scale.
• Own frontend development for core dashboard workflows with usability, performance, accessibility, reliability.
• Shape architecture and platform foundations to support dashboarding use cases.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to define APIs, data models, contracts for interactive dashboards.

Skills

Frontend development

HTML/CSS/JS/React

UX & accessibility

Scalable frontend

Cross-functional collaboration

Dashboard analytics

SQL authoring

Cloud technologies

Job description

P-1443

What You’ll Do

• Design and build intuitive, high-performance experiences for creating and editing dashboards, as well as for authoring the data behind them, including SQL datasets, custom calculations, and semantic modeling.

• Partner closely with design and product to translate complex analytical concepts into polished, intuitive, and efficient dashboard experiences.

• Drive innovation in how Databricks users interact with data, enabling seamless and responsive exploration at scale.

• Own frontend development for core dashboard workflows, with a focus on usability, performance, accessibility, and reliability.

• Help shape the architecture, abstractions, and platform foundations that support a broad range of dashboarding and analytical use cases.

• Collaborate with backend engineers and adjacent teams to define APIs, data models, and contracts that power interactive and scalable dashboard experiences.

What We Look For

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong experience building both frontend and backend systems.

• Expertise in modern frontend development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React, or similar frameworks.

• Deep understanding of UX principles, accessibility, and responsive design for data-heavy interfaces.

• Experience designing scalable systems and abstractions that support interactive, high-performance product experiences.

• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and deliver impactful user-facing features.

• Experience building dashboards, analytics, data exploration, authoring tools, or business intelligence products is a plus.

• Familiarity with SQL authoring, custom calculations, semantic modeling, or related analytical workflows is a plus.

• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or Kubernetes is preferred.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticpates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.

Canada Pay Range

$146,200—$201,100 CAD

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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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

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