# Manager, Field Engineering - Strategic Digital Native Business at Databricks > Remote · United States · Manager · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Adatabricks%3A8859577002 (read 2026-11-04). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [Databricks](https://alderhq.app/companies/databricks) - Location text: San Francisco, California; Remote - California - Where it can be done from (inferred): Remote · United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco, California; Remote - California") - Posted: 2026-10-02 (33 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8859577002 ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: $173k–$237k per year (from the listing's pay field) - Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 69): p25 $188k, median $225k, p75 $258k - H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 356, median offered wage $157k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance)) - Recognised sponsor (NL): registered as "Databricks" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-regular-labour-and-highly-skilled-migrants)) - Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Databricks UK Limited" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers)) ## Description (the employer's text) As the manager of the Digital Natives Solutions Architect (SA) team, you will focus on growing and developing a team of SAs, driving the adoption of the Databricks Platform at the largest, fastest-growing tech companies. You'll be responsible for leading the team in establishing best practices throughout the full lifecycle of the customers' workloads. You will help each team member achieve success, productivity, and career growth. You will also represent Databricks as a technical leader with some of its most important customers. This role will work in close collaboration with sales, services, product, and engineering to drive solutions and outcomes for these highly technical customers. You will utilize excellent communication skills to clearly explain and demonstrate complex solutions to both internal and external stakeholders. This role will report to the leader of Solutions Architects for the Strategic Digital Native Business Unit focused on AI Native companies. Responsibilities: - Hire and develop a team of deeply technical Solutions Architects capable of guiding digital native customers across a wide range of data, analytical, and AI workloads. - Adapt the SA team's skills and engagement model to match the needs of Digital native customers - Consistently meet or exceed targets by making sure the SA team knows how to technically qualify workloads, identify important use cases, build proof of concepts, and establish themselves as trusted advisors throughout the customer life-cycle - Travel to customer sites for executive sessions, technical workshops, and building relationships - Establish relationships across internal organizations (engineering, product, services, sales, etc.) to ensure the success of the customers and team - Stay current with emerging Data and AI trends in the digital native tech sector What we look for: - 4+ years of experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, cloud infrastructure, or machine learning) - 3+ years of experience building and leading technical customer-facing teams: hiring, onboarding, and supporting team members in a high-growth environment - A history of building a territory, growing strategic accounts, and exceeding targets - Inspiring a team vision about the unique nature of the digital natives business - A history of execution by managing workloads and consumption with sales, product, and engineering counterparts - Experience owning executive alignment in accounts that guide strategic decisions ### Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected 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 anticipates utilizing 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. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here. Local Pay Range $172,500—$237,150 USD ### About Databricks Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram. Benefits At 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 click here. --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Adatabricks%3A8859577002 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.