Databricks Software Engineer reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(120 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

95% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Databricks with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 120 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Databricks is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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120 reviews
3.0
Aug 2, 2023
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Pros

Great leadership. Best CEO ever (perhaps one of the only CEOs in the tech world who understands AI at full depth). Tech stack choices have been great and product works in the market. There was autonomy and healthy teamwork culture. The teamwork part is still there, but a lot of the company works top down.

Cons

Everything was great until an year ago. Lately there are these mid level managers who have pestered the system. Now me and my team just do the work and get paid. These mid level managers can be replaced by parrots (no AI needed). They just repeat the leadership messages. Keep themselves unavailable with beauracratic way of delegation. Overall the innovation engine has died out. Also, internal productivity is declining due to rampant hiring.

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