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Senior Engineering Manager - Search at Databricks | Mountain View, CA

DatabricksMountain View, California
On-site Full-time $222K/yr - $300K/yr

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Responsibilities: Lead a skilled team of software engineers to design, build, and operate advanced cloud-native Search services. Drive innovation in Vector Search, Keyword Search, and Hybrid Search to enhance relevance, latency, and cost efficiency. Forge strong partnerships with product and research teams to outline the roadmap for Search Quality, including ranking models and evaluation frameworks. Manage and sustain large-scale, highly-available cloud services. Develop and mentor engineers and emerging leaders through coaching, constructive feedback, and growth opportunities. Shape and implement the long-term product and engineering strategy for Search. Collaborate across Databricks teams to ensure the Search platform is a core enabler for AI and data applications. Cultivate a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and empathy.

About the job

At Databricks, we are dedicated to empowering data teams to tackle the world's most challenging problems—from revolutionizing transportation to accelerating medical breakthroughs. Our mission is realized by providing the world’s premier data and AI infrastructure platform, enabling customers to harness deep data insights for business enhancement.

Our Search technologies are integral to this mission, facilitating keyword retrieval, semantic similarity through vector embeddings, and hybrid solutions that blend both methods. These capabilities enable users to discover and comprehend information across vast, intricate datasets, powering applications such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), AI assistants, recommendation systems, enterprise knowledge management, in-product search, and data exploration.

As a Senior Engineering Manager for Search, you will be pivotal in designing and scaling our next-gen Search product, which includes Vector Search, Keyword Search, and Search Quality. You will lead the development of a robust, high-performance, cost-effective, and developer-friendly Search stack, equipping customers to create AI applications with precision, speed, and scalability. In addition to hands-on contributions, you will help define the long-term vision, mentor senior engineers, collaborate across teams, and spearhead strategic initiatives that enhance the technical and business impact of Search at Databricks.

About Databricks

Databricks is at the forefront of enabling data teams to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Our cutting-edge data and AI infrastructure platform empowers businesses to leverage deep insights for transformative outcomes.

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