Engineering Manager - Notebook Dataplane

P-931

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to tackle technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started.

The Notebook Dataplane team runs user code in Databricks Notebooks, providing a reliable, low-latency service that executes stateful user code for Serverless products and agentic workloads. This is a strategic investment area for Databricks, requiring close collaboration with Serverless platform and product teams across the stack to deliver a high-quality service at scale.

The Impact You Will Have

• Lead and grow a world-class engineering team focused on executing user code reliably and efficiently at scale.
• Drive the technical vision and long-term roadmap for the Notebook Dataplane service, balancing product requirements with technical excellence and infrastructure investments.
• Ensure high service quality and reliability, maintaining strong SLAs and minimizing regressions through rigorous testing, monitoring, and operational practices.
• Partner closely with Serverless platform and product teams to align on priorities, remove blockers, and deliver integrated solutions.
• Establish and uphold engineering standards for design reviews, code quality, testing, and performance.
• Attract, hire, and develop top engineering talent to scale the team in alignment with product objectives.

What We Look For

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of engineering management experience.
• Experience building and leading teams responsible for high-quality, reliable infrastructure services in complex technical domains.
• Ability to attract, hire, and coach engineers who meet high standards, upleveling the team through hiring senior talent and developing leaders.
• Experience building and running cloud platforms or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new concepts in the SaaS space.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with product management and directly with customers to deeply understand product requirements.
• Strong technical judgment to guide architectural decisions, manage technical debt, and balance product roadmap priorities.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.