Is Databricks a good company to work for?

Databricks has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,786 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Databricks to a friend and 85% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Databricks have been left by employees working as Strategic Account Executive , Sr. Solutions Architect and Senior Solutions Architect .

Does Databricks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Databricks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Databricks. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Databricks?

75% of Databricks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Databricks 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Databricks?

Solutions Architect (139) , Software Engineer (134) , Account Executive (121) , Enterprise Account Executive (74) , Senior Solutions Architect (41) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (36) , Resident Solutions Architect (27) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Solution Architect (26) , Sales (24) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (20) , Customer Success Engineer (19) , Strategic Account Executive (19) , Technical Solutions Engineer (17) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"The culture is great and healthy." ((in 228 reviews)); "the people are great and the product is exploding" ((in 189 reviews)); "Great Leadership who really do provide a lot of clarity into how the business is run and are always happy to lean in with customers." ((in 123 reviews)); "Great benefits and a generous fitness stipend!" ((in 88 reviews)); "Some teams are great" ((in 57 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"There is no work life balance to the constant micromanagement from the in" ((in 79 reviews)); "You’ll notice a common theme in the reviews for Databricks about bad management, it’s true." ((in 31 reviews)); "Unprofessional managers will wear everybody down." ((in 28 reviews)); "No 401k match (though other benefits are above industry standards like fitness perks and RSUs)" ((in 21 reviews)); "life balance as much as possible." ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Databricks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Databricks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Databricks in 2026.

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Databricks reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(586 total reviews)

Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Senior management

3.4

Work/Life balance

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Reviews by job title

586 reviews

Reviews about "Culture"

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5.0

Sep 20, 2017

Phenomenal growth, full of energy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A product that makes the world a better place, by empowering organizations to make data-driven decisions, in BI, in drug discovery, in scientific research, etc. Rapid growth company, probably the fastest for this stage of enterprise software company in Silicon Valley (and the world). A star, experienced executive team that has taken companies from zero to IPO before. All founders actively involved, maintaining the culture of the company.

Cons

Scaling challenges common to this stage of the growth Work can get hectic compared with more mature companies

4.0

Jan 30, 2017

Great learning opportunity for yuppies

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Young engineering culture, lots of smart people from good schools - Engineers very open to new, blazing edge technologies = lots of stuff to learn - General emphasis on transparency and collaboration - Everyone is motivated towards a common goal - Plenty of opportunities to reach out to the open source community / give talks etc. - Leadership is super tech-savvy and accessible, especially to the engineers - People are generally super cool

Cons

- This basically becomes your life. You're expected to answer calls and fix things after hours even if you're not technically the person on-call. Engineers here talk and think about their jobs after hours, on weekends, on vacations etc. If you're not part of this almost-religious culture then you probably won't be promoted. - Engineers are focused more on the implementation than on the user interface. We have UX people but they generally don't chime in on every single feature. Time and again I've been shocked at how frustrating it is to use our own product.

5.0

Apr 13, 2016

work here if you want to be at the cutting edge of big data

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The best engineers I have worked with, every meeting and discussion is productive, I learn constantly from all my colleagues and people here are very helpful and just a great group. We are building a great product and have the right team and a fantastic group of hard working and exceptionally talented engineers so I am very bullish on our prospects. There is transparency at every level in this company and I feel we are all working together to achieve something great, which is highly motivating.

Cons

nothing i can think of

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