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      4.0

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (203 total reviews)
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      Ali Ghodsi

      91% approve of CEO

      85% positive business outlook

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      5.0
      Feb 10, 2023

      Great Place

      Resident solutions architect
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Working with highly motivated and talented people - Great Compensation - A lot of agency to get the job done - Employee supports go above and beyond

      Cons

      - In a customer-facing role, sometimes customer values are misaligned to company values. This is true of all companies not just Databricks. - Fast growing company means fast changing company. Along with normal duties one is expected to "keep up with the Jonses" on relevant advances. Constant change can be a stressor. - DEI is lacking. They put in a good effort in this area, but maybe the fact that effort is required is problematic. It should not be difficult to be diverse, equitable nor inclusive.

      5.0
      Feb 10, 2023

      the best place to be

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      It’s been the best decision of my career to join Databricks. Everyone’s smart and humble, no egos, just amazing teamwork. The product is the best on the market and we keep innovating at breakneck speed. The company is successful as a business and provides a level of transparency that is unheard of at this scale. Great compensation and perks. Amazing company culture that everybody exudes.

      Cons

      I can’t think of any.

      5.0
      Feb 9, 2023

      Great place to work if you're a good fit

      Staff software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Healthy hybrid between small enough to move fast and have great individual impact and big enough that it really matters to do things well and make room for specialists to grow their careers. Good product direction and alignment across the company. Everyone feels like they're on the same team. Politics exists, but at a rate much lower than in larger companies, and level-for-level the challenges are significantly more technical and execution-oriented than organizational. Meaningfully lower rate of low performers compared to my experience in past jobs. More focus and lower emphasis on non-constructive initiatives compared to more mature companies. Many technical problems are unsolved or undersolved, and talented individuals can easily find large chunks of ownership with relatively little legacy debt and make a bit individual dent.

      Cons

      High level of individual ownership leads to variations in engineering rigor across the org. It's the right thing not to try too hard to rein it in and stifle autonomy, but it can lead to frustrating experiences at time. Simply put, this is not a company where every candidate can succeed. I recommend Databricks as a place to work, but for a large number of people I find I have to qualify that recommendation. Not a suitable company to coast. WLB is decent and better than at many of our peers, but falls far short of several popular alternatives with comparable or easier interviewing bars. Databricks is less willing to give out higher titles to ICs or grant higher org sizes to managers than most of our peers. Projects are more likely to be understaffed. Weak internal mobility stifles growth, especially for less assertive folks. Not a suitable company to be narrowly focused on one-dimensional output. Compared to more metrics-driven companies, Databricks requires individuals take broader ownership and is less equipped to reward narrow specialists or goal-seeking. If the above does not dissuade you, then I think Databricks is one of the best companies to work for on the market.

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