Databricks Senior Software Engineer reviews

4.7

62% would recommend to a friend

(25 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

99% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Senior Software Engineer employees have rated Databricks with 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Databricks is rated 22% above average by Senior Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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25 reviews
5.0
Feb 9, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing market opportunity and momentum as the industry leader for Big Data processing and the Lakehouse architecture - Continuous rate of producing excellent new products that outcompete the market - Great and very smart colleagues - high bar for hiring - Great company culture around no BS, focusing on the truth and doing the hard work which shows in impressive results - Always trying to improve and tackle the big issues, getting better every day

Cons

If you hate change and don't want to grow, this is not the place for you. - Requires you to constantly learn and adapt as well - High load of information due to the constant change - Might lead to being overwhelmed unless you have good recovery habits and are motivated to lean in While those are perceived as cons to some, you can adapt to all of them and will be better off afterwards because it will improve your career longterm.

4.0
Sep 20, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Very strong team. - Very clear mission and company goal. - Transparent leadership team. - Active founder involvement (rxin, ali, patrick, etc). - Very interesting technology and opportunities to work on cutting edge stuff.

Cons

- Poor work-life balance - oncalls can be painful and there's a lot to do without a ton of support. Not clearly a priority of management. - Base salary is lower than top companies with the expectation that equity has high upside - Not a diverse team. Not a clear priority from management.

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