Databricks · 10 hours ago
Staff Partner Engineer, Data Collaboration & Industry
Seattle, Washington
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$137K/yr - $192K/yr
5+ years expDatabricks is the data and AI company, and they are seeking a Staff Partner Engineer for Data Collaboration to support strategic partners in architecting and building their data collaboration strategies. The role involves leading technical engagements, designing Delta Sharing architectures, and educating partners on best practices for data collaboration.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data IntegrationData ManagementData StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end technical engagements with partners including onboarding, POC execution, data product evaluation, and Marketplace listing enablement
Design and prototype cross-cloud Delta Sharing architectures including governance, entitlements, security patterns, recipient management, and network configuration
Build and validate hands-on demos, sample data products, MCP server integrations, REST catalog validations, and multi-cloud sharing workflows
Troubleshoot complex data-sharing issues across security, networking, metadata, and client integration
Co-develop data productization strategies including metadata enrichment, semantic models, metric views, and AI-ready packaging
Contribute to the evolution and rollout of the Partner Well Architected Framework, ensuring data collaboration best practices are up-to-date and informed by real partner experiences
Act as a technical validator for new Databricks and partner features, providing actionable feedback to product and engineering teams
Enable and educate partners and field teams on best practices for data collaboration, sharing, and Marketplace operations; develop training and documentation as needed
Support the field on data sharing and collaboration use cases at their customers
Qualification
Required
5+ years experience in field engineering, solution architecture, or a technical cloud/data domain
Experience with cloud data platforms (Databricks, AWS, Azure, GCP), data governance, and collaborative data product development
Hands on Experience with data sharing, Delta Sharing, Unity Catalog, and associated Marketplace features preferred
Strong written and verbal communication, consultative skills, and ability to manage technical partner relationships
Comfort supporting multiple projects and navigating ambiguity; strong bias for hands-on execution and learning
Preferred
Experience working directly with large data providers, especially in managed sharing, collaborative delivery models, and data marketplaces
Evangelist who can create excitement with the field and customers
Industry experience in martech or healthcare
Experience is customer facing roles working with data products
Open-source contributions or community engagement in data and AI technologies
Benefits
Eligibility for annual performance bonus
Equity
Comprehensive benefits and perks
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25.81BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
Ion Stoica
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
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