Sr. Developer Advocate, Open Lakehouse

Company: Databricks Inc.
Location: Seattle
Posted on: March 29, 2025

Job Description:

Are you a charismatic data engineering Developer Advocate at heart, someone who excels in the spotlight, loves presenting and hosting events, and possesses a deep knowledge of Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and Apache Iceberg?As an Open Lakehouse Developer Advocate, you'll share your knowledge and be a conduit between the engineering teams and the wider developer community of data engineers building their careers, products, and services on technologies like the open source Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, and Apache Iceberg. This role will leverage your strong expertise in the Open Lakehouse to educate, inspire, and support the growing user base.Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of knowledge-sharing activities. You'll deliver engaging talks, host insightful panels and meetups, create informative blogs and video content, develop comprehensive courseware, provide expert answers in community forums, and conduct one-on-one sessions with influential data engineers and scientists. These efforts will help disseminate best practices and foster a thriving Open Lakehouse community.Reporting directly to the Head of Developer Relations, you'll collaborate with fellow developer advocates and program managers to create a cohesive and impactful developer relations strategy.The ideal candidate for this position will embody the values of our Developer Relations team: a deep passion for data engineering, genuine empathy for developers' needs, and a strong commitment to effectively explaining our products.More about the team:Databricks has built a powerful collection of open source software and commercial services to help make data teams worldwide more successful in solving tough problems. Our ability to execute this mission depends on data engineers, data analysts, data scientists, and machine learning practitioners, all having great experience in a scalable way.The Developer Relations (DevRel) team at Databricks is dedicated to building and fostering relationships with communities of data practitioners. Our primary goal is to drive awareness and adoption of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform and related open source software (OSS) solutions such as Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and MLflow.The impact you will have:

• Evangelize and broaden awareness of Open Lakehouse as a fundamental paradigm to leverage powerful open lakehouse formats for analytics, ETL, and AI.
• Support and expand the Open Lakehouse community, including meetups and user groups, to attract tens of thousands of participants and foster a thriving community.
• Foster enthusiasm for Open Lakehouse by leveraging creativity and innovation to create engaging experiences and content, welcoming novel perspectives and stimulating discussions.
• Enable data engineers to excel in building their data infrastructure with an Open Lakehouse architecture.
• Empower data engineers to reach their objectives and share their success stories efficiently.
• To facilitate the widespread advancement of the Open Lakehouse, create high-quality educational resources such as videos, sample notebooks, tutorials, and blog posts.
• Be the bridge between the Open Lakehouse community and Databricks engineering, ensuring all voices are heard.
• Provide robust support for users across platforms like Slack, StackOverflow, and online communities to stay attuned to their feedback and requirements.
• Continue and extend sample notebooks and code, particularly those related to the Open Lakehouse.What we look for:
  • 5+ years experience as DevRel and as a software developer, solutions architect, or related profession.
  • Subject matter knowledge of solving data engineering problems at all scales.
  • Experience with Python, SQL, and Scala. Experience with Rust and Golang would be preferred.
  • You have experience working with and contributing to open source communities.
  • You are a leader in the Open Lakehouse communities.
  • You are an active participant in the community and regularly present at meetups, and events and write technical articles.
  • You are a solid communicator with experience writing about, teaching, and speaking about complex technical topics.
  • You are a strong public event speaker, YouTuber, or podcast host on technical topics.
  • You have empathy and understanding of developer personas and can apply that to the design and development of good experiences in tutorials, notebooks, communities, and more.Pay Range TransparencyDatabricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base 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 utilizes 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.Zone 2 Pay Range: $109,500 - $194,000 USDAbout DatabricksDatabricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide - including Comcast, Cond-- Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 - rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow.BenefitsAt 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, please visit .Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionAt 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.ComplianceIf 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.
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