Databricks Software Developer reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(119 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

95% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Databricks with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 119 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Databricks is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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119 reviews
5.0
Dec 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Extremely talented, grounded, and motivated coworkers - Competent and open minded upper management - Business plan is ambitious and expansive I think Databricks is one of the best places to work as engineer. The engineers here are uniformly competent, hard working, and compassionate, and the cofounders who lead eng set a fantastic example. I'm happy to be a brickster!

Cons

- We're still a young company and going through some growing pains, so production fires are a bit more common than I'd like - It tends to be a hardworking bunch (by choice, not dictum), so not ideal if you're looking for a 9-5 gig - Making enterprise software can be a pain in the butt (hands-on treatment for large customers, having to be very careful about backwards compatibility)

5.0
Nov 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Filled with dense knowledge about each facet of growing a company (marketing, sales, engineering, open source, management) - Always looking to improve and is never satisfied with just being "good" (employees here have a "make-it-the-best" mentality) - The management really cares about each employee and how he or she is doing at all times. - Expertise and devotion to Spark alongside Spark's growing adoption really makes it an exciting time to be here. - Everyone at Databricks is teamwork-minded so there is a strong culture of helping each other out. - The company itself is growing fast but at the same time, it never lowers its bar in hiring so you can expect every single person to excel in their work.

Cons

- A lot of processes (engineering, hiring, etc.) are still developing. - Many things still go wrong (i.e. fires), but the team really takes its time to learn from each one of these to make sure that similar occurrences do not happen. - It may not be a typical 9 to 5 job (a con for people who prefers 9 to 5).

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