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Sr. Manager, Field Engineering
Databricks · 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois; Connecticut; New Jersey; Remote - New York; Remote - Washington D.C.; San Francisco, California · Remote
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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 roles4 certified filings for “Sr. Manager, Field Engineering” (Computer and Information Systems Managers) in TX: $209k–$218k, median $209k. Most were filed at wage level IV (75%) — 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
FEQ427R411 Req ID Mission Reporting to a Director, Field Engineering, the Sr. Manager, Field Engineering will help lead a team of Solutions Architects (SAs) for the Startups segment of Databricks’ Field Engineering team. You will lead and promote a diverse team focusing on enterprise software, big data/analytics, data engineering, data science, data warehousing and gener ative AI. Leading the technical sales team, you will partner with Sales (and other Field Engineering technical segments) to increase revenue and help custo mers achieve success through Databricks’ Data Intelligence Platform. You wil scale and maintain an outstanding Field Engineering team that is efficient in its operations to help ac celerate Data bricks' growth in the market. The Impact You Will Have You will hire, train, and grow a team of Solutions Architects for a company in high-growth mode Make your customers e xtremely successful with Databricks and provide outsized value to their businesses You will maintain a robust hiring pipeline of highly qualified, bar-raising candidates You will establish relationships across the business to make your customers and team successful You will keep your team of SAs ah ead of the technical curve by ensuring they maintain advanced knowledge of the Databricks technology stack You will ensure that you r team is continuously learning and working to provide our customers with the most comprehensive solution s for their needs You will engage with customers strategically at the Executive Level to drive mutually beneficial outcomes and set GTM strategy and drive world class execution towards meeting aggressive sales targets What We Look For Proven experience building and leading technical pre-sales teams - hiring, on-boarding, coaching and mentoring those teams to mature and grow into highly capable individual operators as well as exceptional team-players 10+ years of experience in the data space with a technical product (i.e. data warehousing, big data, machine learning, or more recently with generative AI) Trusted advisor to technical executives that guide strategic data infrastructure decisions Lead a team through best practices for technical qualification, technical validations, architectu re discussions, and product demonstrations Establish and foster external partnerships with systems integrators (SIs) and independent software vendors ( ISVs) that maximize and accelerate client success Strong understanding of consumption-driven business models and the recipes for long term growt h and success Experience hiring candidates that continually raise the bar, ramping them up to be successful, and promoting into larger roles Create a positive culture and morale for the team - fostering strong working relationships between Field Engineering, Sales, and other importa nt internal cross-functional teams Experience working cro ss-functionally with other teams such as Sales, Product Management, Engineering, and Customer Success Must be technical enough to earn the trust of Engineering talent and leadership at Databricks Ability to influence and review complex architectures; guiding your team and customers towards ideal solutions - that scale Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for th is 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, Databrick s anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The