The company is able to execute, strong engineering culture, product liked by the customers.
Top heavy in eng leads to slow promos. Lots of support incidents.
this is hands down the worst company i have ever worked for. so incredibly toxic it’s insane. stay far far away
I am curious why working at Databricks look like? I am E5 with 6 yoe and TC is 400K. Someone from Databricks contacted me and the position/company looks good and I tempted.
Sr staff software engineer Base: 240k Stock: 670k per year Bonus: 20% TC: ~950k first year Feeling pretty low. Currently TC: 800k YOE: 17y #engineering #software #swe
Got a Databricks L5 offer. 7 yoe. TC 480. Will I regret not taking it at IPO? I have alternative similar offers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-24/microsoft-backed-databricks-is-said-to-plan-2021-stock-listing What would be the IPO Valuation? Looking at its number (https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/14/databricks-crossed-350m-run-rate-in-q3-up-from-200m-one-year-ago/), it's not as impressive as s...Read more
LinkedIn post today: "After a fulfilling 2 years at Databricks, my role was unfortunately eliminated as of March 1st. While this was unexpected, I am grateful for the experience and growth opportunities I had with the company." Any official announcement? #layoff
Hello folks! Recently I joined Databricks a couple of months ago and had interviewed with Walmart a few months ago. Walmart has come with an offer for a Senior Product Manager. At Databricks, I have joined as a Delivery Solutions Architect (Customer Success Engineer in the past). YoE: 5+ Current Da...Read more
What valuation will you buy databricks stock at assuming it IPO today. How so? For reference: Snowflake at current price is worth 72B TC: 400k
Spoke to a recruiter at Databrics. Here is the recruitment process for Databricks as she told me. 1 hr technical phone screen + 1 hr technical communication screen If you clear the above then you go through- 5 hours of onsite - algorithmic + system design If you pass the above then you get a tak...Read more
Have an offer from databricks and the recruiter kept saying that they only hire the best and have all ex-faang members. So how prestigious is it really?
Interviewed with databricks this week. Went through the whole SWE loop. I did very well so they move onto reference checks. They check references which I know all went well. Then my packet goes to hiring committee. They say being laid off is a red flag and reject. Why make me go through the whole l...Read more
Recently received offer from these 2 companies and couple others. It seems both have sizable addressable market , both have pretty good revenue growth ( ~100% per year) Cash are comparable (~230k) and equity wise lm expecting 1.8m - 2m in value Databricks: Pros: very hot at the moment, less risk...Read more
Hi everyone! Graduating soon and need some advice. Which one should I pick? Also, if anybody knows the bands for these roles, is there room for negotiation (specifically Databricks)? How is career progression at these companies? Where could I hit senior the fastest? Edit: This post is getting a lo...Read more
Recently got an offer from Databricks and the recruiter mentioned that the offer was based on the last funding around in 2021 @73.33/ share. Yesterday I checked in equityzen and looks like the valuation now is at 48 billion and 63/ share. Is this because of stock dilution ?. This is my first offer f...Read more
Current - Staff engineer tc 390 k Databricks offer - senior software engineer - 176 base +21 variable- 197 base + variable 2760 RSUs @177 for 4 years TOTAL - 319 k +10 k joining bonus (may be) Looks like this is the final number I can get to with may be additional scope for additional 10k as jo...Read more
Couple months ago, my husband came back from 4 week paternity leave and on the first day back his manager said his work is significantly behind. Then my husband worked over 80 hours per week and frequently got panic attack on fearing of work behind. And he started hating the baby for interrupting th...Read more
First up. See I am ex databricks. There is no conflict of interest for me to misrepresent. That thread does not have specifics. I personally think it might be posted for trolling, shenanigan purpose. We can ask why. Lastly my personal experience with databricks is fantastic. Wlb is good and opport...Read more
I gave 10 rounds of interviews with databricks.. yes 10 rounds Highest score in all tech rounds, spent 48 hours in cumbersome extremely time consuming home assignment, made a massive presentation, and 2 rounds with directors... For my final round with VP, now they say, someone from presentation ro...Read more