# Engineering Manager, App Traffic at Databricks

- Company: Databricks
- What the company does: Backed by Battery, Insight and Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: http://www.databricks.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8786930002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/databricks-engineering-manager-app-traffic/

## About the role

As the Engineering Manager for App Traffic, you will lead a team of strong infrastructure engineers, shape the technical roadmap, and drive execution across complex, cross-functional initiatives. You will partner closely with senior engineers and infrastructure leaders on the architecture and evolution of Databricks’ traffic platform.

## What they're looking for

- Lead, grow, and develop a high-performing team of engineers responsible for Databricks’ application traffic infrastructure
- Drive the design and evolution of highly available distributed systems operating across multiple clouds and regions
- Partner with senior and staff engineers on architectural decisions involving routing, control planes, reliability, scalability, and developer experience
- Lead large, ambiguous projects with dependencies across multiple engineering teams
- Establish clear goals, milestones, ownership boundaries, and operating mechanisms that enable predictable execution
- Balance immediate product and operational priorities with longer-term investments in architecture, reliability, and engineering velocity

Tags: Engineering