Does Databricks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Databricks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Databricks. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Databricks?

77% of Databricks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Databricks 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Databricks?

Solutions Architect (137) , Software Engineer (131) , Account Executive (118) , Enterprise Account Executive (74) , Senior Solutions Architect (40) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (36) , Resident Solutions Architect (27) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Solution Architect (26) , Sales (24) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (20) , Customer Success Engineer (19) , Strategic Account Executive (19) , Technical Solutions Engineer (17) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"The culture is great and healthy." ((in 222 reviews)); "the people are great and the product is exploding" ((in 179 reviews)); "Great Leadership who really do provide a lot of clarity into how the business is run and are always happy to lean in with customers." ((in 122 reviews)); "Benefits are great (the cheapest health insurance I've ever had in my 20 year career)" ((in 75 reviews)); "Some teams are great" ((in 59 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance as this company is evolving with technology at high speed" ((in 79 reviews)); "Unprofessional managers will wear everybody down." ((in 29 reviews)); "You’ll notice a common theme in the reviews for Databricks about bad management, it’s true." ((in 27 reviews)); "No 401k match (though other benefits are above industry standards like fitness perks and RSUs)" ((in 25 reviews)); "life balance can be challenging." ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Databricks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Databricks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Databricks in 2026.

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Databricks reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,622 total reviews)

Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

3.4

Work/Life balance

Databricks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,622 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Databricks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Feb 6, 2021

Market defining technology, career defining company!

Enterprise sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Culture of transparency from the C-suite down Immense career growth opportunity Ability to earn in a super hot market Provides tremendous and measurable business value to clients Every company wants to meet with Databricks Great culture and people across departments

Cons

Hyper competitive landscape and broad Product offering requires continued learning and enablement Processes maturing and experiencing some growing pains from scaling so fast Not for people who can't survive in a hypergrowth, agile start up environment

5.0

Feb 6, 2021

Amazing place to work

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing leadership and vision for the company. The focus on being a cloud native platform was the perfect decision from the beginning. Great sales leadership team to help pre-sales engineers understand the art of the sale. Lots of growth opportunities within the company for ICs. Best pre-sales team I've ever worked with (SAs and AEs).

Cons

Common growing pains when scaling from an early startup to a large startup, e.g. compensation reviews and learning about internal career opportunities. However, these have improved significantly since we've hired our CPO.

5.0

Feb 6, 2021

Work culture

Senior technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is fantastic team culture, very motivating and thriving. Encourage innovations.

Cons

Sometimes it gets very hectic to balance work and life but cutting edge technology keeps us engaged and passionate. So who cares!

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