Databricks
Manager, Developer Relations - Open Source
$155K–$213K
Seattle, Washington +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, Washington
San Francisco, California - Experience
- 8+ years combined in developer relations or advocacy and a hands-on technical role; 2+ years managing and growing a developer relations team.
About the job
Leads Databricks’ open-source Developer Relations team, setting strategy and growing community trust, adoption, and contribution across its open-source portfolio.
What you'll do
- Hire, coach, and grow Developer Advocates; set expectations, support career development, and build repeatable advocacy practices.
- Engage open-source communities and foundations, and connect contributor needs with product and engineering roadmaps.
- Lead technical storytelling, educational content, events, and AI-assisted workflows while defining and reporting meaningful success metrics.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of combined experience in developer relations or advocacy and a hands-on technical role.
- 2+ years managing and growing a developer relations team, including hiring, leveling, and promoting advocates.
- Substantial, verifiable open-source contribution and experience with governance, releases, and community norms.
- Established Apache Software Foundation and Linux Foundation relationships; deep knowledge of the Open Lakehouse stack and data problems at scale.
Pay
$155,100 — $213,300 USD (salary range)
Tools
Apache Spark™, Spark Declarative Pipelines, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Apache Iceberg™, MLflow, Omnigent
AI focus
Apply AI-assisted workflows to increase team output while maintaining technical depth and originality; the team advocates for Omnigent, an open-source meta-harness for composing, governing, and sharing AI agents.
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