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Sr. Engineering Manager, AI Runtime

Databricks

Location

Mountain View, CA, San Francisco, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/25/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.7% approval+19% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

As a Senior Engineering Manager at Databricks, you will lead a high-performing engineering team focused on the AI Runtime (AIR) product, which provides enterprises with an API for training deep learning models. Your role will involve shaping customer-facing capabilities while ensuring the scalability and performance of GPU training infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with various teams to drive the end-to-end delivery of product features and advocate for customer needs. This position requires a strong background in software engineering and engineering management.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in engineering management.
  • Track record building and operating managed GPU training infrastructure at scale.
  • Deep familiarity with distributed training frameworks and parallelism strategies.
  • Experience with training resilience patterns for long-running jobs.
  • Understanding of GPU performance fundamentals.
  • Experience building platform products with clear SLAs.
  • Strong cross-functional leadership skills.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team responsible for the Custom Training product.
  • Define and own the product and technical roadmap for AIR.
  • Collaborate closely with product, research, platform, and infrastructure teams.
  • Drive architectural decisions and product design for managed GPU training at scale.
  • Advocate for customer needs through direct engagement.
  • Build observability and reliability practices for long-running training jobs.
  • Partner with recruiting to attract, hire, and develop top-tier engineering talent.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Databricks Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

83

FY2026

Approval rate

99.7%

FY2026

LCA certified

174

FY2026

Entry-level share

4.0%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+19%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-54%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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