--- title: 'Director, Field Engineering - Financial Services at Databricks' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/director-field-engineering-financial-services-databricks-georgia-illinois-new-p0zxyvsxkk9s' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Director, Field Engineering - Financial Services at Databricks - **Company:** Databricks - **Location:** Georgia / Illinois / New York / Texas / Washington, DC - **Compensation:** $218k–$300k - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-07-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8628960002 ## Job description FEQ327R500 As the Director of Field Engineering, you will be responsible for partnering with our enterprise customers to democratize Data and AI within their organizations, leveraging Databricks solutions and expertise to address their most critical challenges. Reporting to the Tech GM of Field Engineering for Financial Services, the Director, Field Engineering will lead a team of pre-sales Managers and Solutions Architects, focusing on acquisition of new customers. You will also work with various internal and external partners, and be responsible for driving strategy and execution to deliver against our audacious goals. You will create a culture of psychological safety to develop and grow a team experienced in enterprise software, big data/analytics, data engineering, and data science. Your experience partnering with the sales organization will help close revenue opportunities with the right approach whilst coaching new sales and pre-sales team members to work together. You will guide and get involved to enhance your team's effectiveness; be an expert at communicating complex, business value-focused solutions; support complex sales cycles, and build relationships with key stakeholders in large corporations. The impact you will have: - Hire and manage first-line Managers and a growing team of technical pre-sales Solutions Architects. - Build a collaborative culture within a rapid-growth team. Embody and promote Databricks' customer-obsessed, truth-seeking, diverse culture and a first principles mindset - Create trust-based relationships with customers for the long term and understand your industry and sub-verticals, landscapes and trends, to help influence the direction of our accounts. - Promote a solution and value-based selling field-engineering organization. - Display an understanding of business needs and revenue potential for accounts in the assigned region. - Be a thought leader for Databricks and in the Data and AI ecosystem. What we look for: - At least 3 years of second-line leadership experience, managing teams of 30+ individuals and 10+ years of overall leadership experience - Relevant high-growth enterprise software pre-sales success with senior-level tenure at a reputable software or cloud provider. - Ability to elevate engagement, with a track record of driving large transactions and high-growth customers. - Proven leadership ability to influence, develop, and empower your team to achieve objectives with a team approach. - Drive operational rigor to manage a high-growth business, with the right cadence, drive visibility and support for customer issues and feature requests. - Proven track record of transformational success and delivery of customer value. - Track record of building strong ecosystems of lucrative customer relationships and cross-functional partnerships (Sales, Engineering, Marketing). - Experience in positioning solutions in complex strategic accounts and finding a path to mutual value, and durable consumption on the Databricks platform - Great at instituting processes for technical field members to improve efficiency. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience through work experience. Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page [here](https://www.databricks.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/us-pay-zone-mapping.pdf). Local Pay Range $218,400—$300,300 USD ## 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](https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks), [X](https://x.com/databricks), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@Databricks), and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/databricksinc/?hl=en). ## 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](https://docs.google.com/document/d/154un3e8Xav4BceOSlcYFZRGEuQI54xMxVydRwQn54eQ/edit?usp=sharing). 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 If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone. ## About Databricks ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Databricks provides a unified data and AI platform built on an open lakehouse architecture, enabling organizations to manage data, analytics, and AI at scale. - **Entity Type**: Private (late-stage, last reported valuation ~$43B in 2021, but current valuation not publicly disclosed) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2013 - **Founders**: Original creators of Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, MLflow, and Unity Catalog (co-founders include Ali Ghodsi, Matei Zaharia, Ion Stoica, Patrick Wendell, Reynold Xin, among others) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Data & AI Platform / Enterprise Software - Target customers: B2B – Enterprise, SMB, and government organizations; over 20,000 customers worldwide, including 70% of the Fortune 500 - Mission: “Simplify and democratize data and AI, helping data and AI teams solve the world’s toughest problems.” [databricks.com](https://www.databricks.com/company/about-us) ## Products & Services - **Databricks Data Intelligence Platform**: Unified platform for data engineering, data warehousing, data science, machine learning, and AI. It integrates open-source technologies like Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, and Unity Catalog. - **Lakebase**: Serverless Postgres database integrated with the lakehouse, built for the AI era. - **Genie**: AI-powered natural language assistant for data insights and querying. - **Agent Bricks**: Tools for building AI agents that continuously improve quality and accuracy on an organization’s data. - **Additional offerings**: Data warehousing, business intelligence, governance, data engineering, and AI/ML services. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company; last reported valuation of $43B in 2021 from a Series I round, but no recent official disclosure) - **Key Metric**: Over 10,000 employees; 20,000+ customers; 70% of Fortune 500; 1,200+ global partners [databricks.com](https://www.databricks.com/) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed in search results, but known investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, Microsoft, and others. Partners include major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and consulting firms. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 10,000+ employees; offices in 30+ locations across 20+ countries; 5x Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Reports; LinkedIn job postings growing 26.7% year-over-year (783 active positions) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks) ## Competitive Advantages - **Open lakehouse architecture**: Combines data lake and data warehouse capabilities with open-source standards, avoiding vendor lock-in. - **Founding team behind Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow**: Deep technical credibility and active open-source community. - **Unified platform**: Single solution for data engineering, analytics, and AI, reducing complexity for enterprises. - **Strong data governance**: Unity Catalog provides centralized access control and lineage. - **AI-native**: Built-in AI capabilities (Genie, Agent Bricks) that leverage an organization’s own data. ## Strategic Focus - Expanding AI capabilities with natural language interfaces and autonomous agents. - Deepening integrations with cloud providers and open-source ecosystems. - Scaling enterprise sales and global footprint (30+ offices, focus on EMEA and APAC). - Cultivating a developer and data science community through university programs and open-source contributions. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “innovators, builders and truthseekers” with a focus on solving hard technical problems. Emphasizes inclusion, diversity, and equity, including closing the pay gap and removing unconscious bias from recruitment. [databricks.com](https://www.databricks.com/company/careers) - **Work Environment**: Hybrid/flexible work model; benefits and perks include health, well-being, and flexible ways of working. Offices in major cities globally. - **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on open-source, AI, and data infrastructure. Opportunities for interns and new grads to contribute to core platform. Hackathons, board game nights, and social events. - **Growth**: Fast-growing company (10,000+ employees, 20,000+ customers) with ambitious scaling plans, offering career advancement in engineering, sales, product, and more. ## Sources 1. [Databricks About Us](https://www.databricks.com/company/about-us) 2. [Databricks Careers](https://www.databricks.com/company/careers) 3. [Databricks Homepage](https://www.databricks.com/) 4. 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