Manager, Field Engineering

Databricks
São Paulo, Brazil
On-site

Who this role is best for

Candidates with enterprise data engineering experience and team leadership skills will find this leadership role in Brazil.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in leading technical pre-sales teams and a strong data domain expertise
    — “Proven experience building and leading technical pre-sales teams
  • Individuals who can foster external partnerships and drive client success through technical collaboration
    — “Establish and foster external partnerships with systems integrators (SIs) and independent software vendors (ISVs)
  • Candidates with a track record of developing high-performing teams and promoting talent internally
    — “Experience hiring candidates that continually raise the bar, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting into larger roles

Things to consider

  • The role requires a high level of technical credibility to earn trust from engineering leadership
    — “Must be technical enough to earn the trust of Engineering talent and leadership at Databricks
  • Candidates should be prepared to maintain a robust hiring pipeline for technical roles
    — “Maintain an outstanding Field Engineering team that is efficient in its operations

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience in leading teams that deliver scalable technical solutions to enterprise clients
    — “guiding your team and customers towards ideal solutions - that scale
  • Highlight experience in cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Product Management, and Customer Success
    — “Experience working cross-functionally with other teams such as Sales, Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success
  • Showcase a history of driving customer success through technical expertise and partnership building
    — “help customers achieve success through Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Hired, trained, and grew a team of Solutions Architects
  • Maintained a robust hiring pipeline of highly qualified candidates
  • Established relationships across the business to make customers and team successful
Typical background
Proven experience building and leading technical pre-sales teamsExperience in the data space with a technical product

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical Pre-sales TeamsHiring And On-boardingCoaching And MentoringTechnical Product KnowledgeTechnical QualificationTechnical ValidationsArchitecture DiscussionsProduct DemonstrationsExternal PartnershipsConsumption-driven Business Models

Preferred

Data And AI PlatformCustomer SuccessField Engineering Team Management

Stack & domain

Data WarehousingBig DataMachine LearningGenerative AILeadershipCoachingMentoringEnterprise SoftwareData EngineeringData Science

About the role

Original posting from Databricks

FEQ427R178

Mission

Reporting to an AVP, Field Engineering, the Manager, Field Engineering will help lead a team of Solutions Architects (SAs).  You will lead and promote a diverse team focusing on enterprise software, big data/analytics, data engineering, data science, data warehousing and generative AI. Leading the technical sales team, you will partner with Sales (and other Field Engineering technical segments) to increase revenue and help customers achieve success through Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform. You wil scale and maintain an outstanding Field Engineering team that is efficient in its operations to help accelerate Databricks' growth in the market.

The Impact You Will Have

You will hire, train, and grow a team of Solutions Architects for a company in high-growth mode

Make your customers extremely successful with Databricks and provide outsized value to their businesses

You will maintain a robust hiring pipeline of highly qualified, bar-raising candidates

You will establish relationships across the business to make your customers and team successful

You will keep your team of SAs ahead of the technical curve by ensuring they maintain advanced knowledge of the Databricks technology stack

You will ensure that your team is continuously learning and working to provide our customers with the most comprehensive solutions for their needs

What We Look For

Proven experience building and leading technical pre-sales teams - hiring, on-boarding, coaching and mentoring those teams to mature and grow into highly capable individual operators as well as exceptional team-players

5+ years of experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, machine learning, or more recently with generative AI)

Trusted advisor to technical executives that guide strategic data infrastructure decisions

Lead a team through best practices for technical qualification, technical validations, architecture discussions, and product demonstrations

Establish and foster external partnerships with systems integrators (SIs) and independent software vendors (ISVs) that maximize and accelerate client success

Strong understanding of consumption-driven business models and the recipes for long term growth and success

Experience hiring candidates that continually raise the bar, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting into larger roles

Create a positive culture and morale for the team - fostering strong working relationships between Field Engineering, Sales, and other important internal cross-functional teams

Experience working cross-functionally with other teams such as Sales, Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success

Must be technical enough to earn the trust of Engineering talent and leadership at Databricks

Ability to influence and review complex architectures; guiding your team and customers towards ideal solutions - that scale

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are 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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Source: Databricks careers

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