Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Databricks is a leading data and AI company that empowers organizations to solve complex problems through its innovative platform. As a Senior Engineering Manager for Search, you will lead a team to design and build cloud-native Search services, driving innovation and collaboration across teams to enhance the Search capabilities that support AI applications.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of talented software engineers to design, build, and operate the next-generation cloud-native Search services
- Drive innovation across Vector Search, Keyword Search, and Hybrid Search capabilities to improve relevance, latency, and cost efficiency
- Build a strong partnership with product and research teams to define the roadmap for Search Quality, including ranking models and evaluation frameworks
- Manage and operate large-scale, highly-available services in the cloud
- Grow and mentor engineers and emerging leaders through coaching, feedback, and development opportunities
- Shape and execute the long-term product and engineering strategy for Search
- Partner cross-functionally with teams across Databricks to ensure the Search platform serves as a core enabler for AI and data applications
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and empathy
Skills
- + 5+ years of experience in search, database systems, or AI/ML infrastructure
- Proven track record of building and scaling highly-available cloud services
- Strong leadership experience — building, growing, and managing high-performing engineering teams
- Experience defining and meeting SLOs for distributed, production-grade systems
- Solid understanding of search and indexing systems (e.g., Elasticsearch, Lucene, or vector databases)
- Familiarity with database internals or large-scale data processing systems
- BS in Computer Science (Masters or PhD Preferred)
- Masters or PhD in Computer Science
Benefits
- Eligibility for annual performance bonus
- Equity
- Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees
Company Overview
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture. It was founded in 2013, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.databricks.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Databricks has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 72 in 2026, 385 in 2025, 319 in 2024, 227 in 2023, 222 in 2022, 166 in 2021, 64 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.