--- title: 'Senior Software Frontend Engineer – Dashboards at Databricks' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-frontend-engineer-dashboards-databricks-vancouver-x426aw8nefz9' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-07' --- # Senior Software Frontend Engineer – Dashboards at Databricks - **Company:** Databricks - **Location:** Vancouver, Canada - **Compensation:** $146k–$201k - **Posted:** 2025-10-28 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07 - **Apply:** https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8230883002 ## Job description P-1443 At Databricks, we’re passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems — from accelerating medical breakthroughs to building the next generation of intelligent products. We do this by creating the world’s best Data Intelligence Platform, empowering customers to turn massive data into deep, actionable insights. Founded by engineers and driven by innovation, we’re obsessed with designing intuitive, high-performance user experiences that make complex data exploration simple and approachable. As a Senior Frontend Engineer focused on Dashboards, you’ll build intuitive and scalable end-to-end experiences that help users create, explore, and share insights from data. You’ll work across the frontend, partnering with designers, product managers, and engineers to develop the next generation of dashboards, interactivity, and analytical workflows within Databricks. ## What You’ll Do - Design and build intuitive, high-performance experiences for creating and editing dashboards, as well as for authoring the data behind them, including SQL datasets, custom calculations, and semantic modeling. - Partner closely with design and product to translate complex analytical concepts into polished, intuitive, and efficient dashboard experiences. - Drive innovation in how Databricks users interact with data, enabling seamless and responsive exploration at scale. - Own frontend development for core dashboard workflows, with a focus on usability, performance, accessibility, and reliability. - Help shape the architecture, abstractions, and platform foundations that support a broad range of dashboarding and analytical use cases. - Collaborate with backend engineers and adjacent teams to define APIs, data models, and contracts that power interactive and scalable dashboard experiences. ## What We Look For - 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong experience building both frontend and backend systems. - Expertise in modern frontend development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React, or similar frameworks. - Deep understanding of UX principles, accessibility, and responsive design for data-heavy interfaces. - Experience designing scalable systems and abstractions that support interactive, high-performance product experiences. - Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and deliver impactful user-facing features. - Experience building dashboards, analytics, data exploration, authoring tools, or business intelligence products is a plus. - Familiarity with SQL authoring, custom calculations, semantic modeling, or related analytical workflows is a plus. - Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, or Kubernetes is preferred. Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range 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 anticpates 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. Canada Pay Range $146,200—$201,100 CAD ## 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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