Sr. Manager, Engineering Configuration Platform Team

Menlo Ventures; 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

At Databricks, we enable data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems by building the world’s best data and AI infrastructure platform. The Configuration Platform team owns systems that move configuration and feature flags across every Databricks service. We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a team within this organization.

The impact you will have

• You will lead a team that directly shapes how thousands of Databricks engineers ship, ramp, and roll back changes every day
• You will reduce the rate and blast radius of customer‑impacting incidents caused by configuration and feature changes, through stronger guardrails, validation, and graduated rollout patterns
• You will close the loop between "bad change" and automated mitigation, driving company‑wide MTTR down through investments in health‑mediated releases, auto‑rollback, and zero‑downtime configuration delivery
• You will evolve the Configuration Platform user experience into a frictionless, opinionated set of surfaces (UI, CLI, agentic) where engineers author, review, and roll out changes safely without thinking about the internals
• You will grow the team into a Staff and Principal attracting org whose technical decisions shape how the company balances speed and reliability

What we look for

• 5+ years managing backend, infrastructure, or platform teams of roughly 7 to 15 engineers, ideally in service frameworks, feature flags, configuration systems, release safety, production reliability, or other internal platforms
• Strong distributed systems and infrastructure background: Java/Scala services, RPC and routing layers, configuration systems, Kubernetes‑based microservices, and multi‑cloud or multi‑region deployments
• Hands‑on EM disposition: stays close to the code, leads design reviews, and contributes technically alongside the team. Comfortable leveraging AI‑assisted coding tools to amplify their own and the team's output
• Demonstrated track record managing, growing, and retaining high performing teams
• Comfortable partnering with senior+ engineers on design reviews, roadmap, and cross‑team execution while letting strong ICs own technical details
• Operational experience owning a high‑availability platform with on‑call, incident response, and measurable reliability improvements
• Demonstrated product thinking for developers: shaping opinionated UX, rollout policies, and developer workflows that make the safe path the easy path, with strong taste on the safety versus velocity tradeoff
• BS in Computer Science (Masters or higher level of education preferred)

COVID‑19 Vaccination Requirement

As a federal government contractor, Databricks requires new U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID‑19. Proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. Databricks will make reasonable accommodations based on medical conditions or religious grounds for qualified candidates in accordance with applicable law.

Pay Range Transparency

The pay range for this role is $222,000—$300,000 USD. This range 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. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed below.

Benefits

Databricks offers comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please see the benefits information provided in the role posting.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Databricks is 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.

Compliance

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