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Head of Corporate Engineering
Databricks · 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 445 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 78 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Databricks paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Director, Security Software Engineering” (Information Security Analysts) in CA: $271k–$271k, median $271k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 445 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 78 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
GAQ125R25 As Head of Corporate Engineering, you will be responsible for Enterprise engineering and operations globally. You will be responsible for building and managing a highly technical enterprise engineering team, developing first principled-based strategies, and enabling strong enterprise security. Key responsibilities include engineering, securing and optimizing cloud infrastructure, Identity and Access Management, Endpoints, Collaboration tools, and ensuring compliance with SOX, PCI DSS, and FedRAMP compliance. The Head of Corporate Engineering will work closely with R&D on managing engineering tools like Jira, Confluence, and GitHub, driving efficient adoption and integration. Strong technical and influencing leadership principles coupled with the ability to manage a complex, scaling, and fast-moving enterprise environment are essential. This role reports directly to the Vice President, Infrastructure and Operations Responsibilities: In this influential role, you will be responsible for: • Securing the Enterprise: Working closely with Enterprise Security organization to harden and secure our cloud environments, secret management, collaboration tools, endpoints, SaaS environments, IAM tools, and more. Success measured in continuous improvement of our enterprise security hardening standards • Building and Scaling our Cloud Infrastructure : Your team will be responsible for establishing and implementing enterprise cloud infrastructure including establishing Infrastructure Provisioning, SRE services, 24/7 on-call support, Infra as Code, observability, and more. In addition, you will be responsible for managing cloud budgets, vendor management, and establishing cost optimization initiatives. Success is measured in increased developer velocity while securing & scaling the cloud infrastructure • Engineering Tooling : Partner closely with R&D teams to establish policies, configurations, run-books, SLAs, hardening, scalability and availability of engineering tools like Github, Jira, Atlassian, and more • Endpoint Engineering : Enable extreme automation for endpoint management with zero-touch deployment, observability (synthetic and real-time), provisioning/de-provisioning, and establishing standards / SLAs. Enforce security policies, configure & manage security settings and ensure compliance across all endpoints and mobile devices. Success is measured in terms of end-user satisfaction and % of manual touch. • Collaboration Management : Ensure we provide world class tools to our employees to be extremely productive and collaborative. This would include but not be limited to managing and scaling internal workplace products like Gmail, Slack, Atlassian, Moveworks, Glean, and more. Success is measured by user satisfaction • Identity & Access Management : Manage the IAM team from IAM implementation, access standards enforcement, SLA management, and compliance to various standards like FedRamp, IL5, PCI, and more. Included are both internal and external identity providers to be managed. Success is measured by compliance, Identity governance, and availability Desired Success Outcomes • A high-performing enterprise engineering team capable of handling complex technical projects with agility and high quality. • Well defined cloud strategy ensuring the stability, scalability, and security of cloud infrastructure. Overhaul of current processes and workflows to address inefficiencies and increase team velocity. • Robust endpoint security with Implementation of comprehensive security measures for all endpoints, including Mac, Windows, and mobile devices. • Deliver high-quality employee experience with productivity tools (Gmail, Slack, Atlassian tools, Moveworks, GitHub) with a robust forward-looking roadmap. • Efficient operatio