Staff Partner Engineer, AI Partnerships
Databricks · New York City, New York; San Francisco, California
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 85 days Databricks's roles stay open a median of 88 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Databricks's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Databricks
- high 879 stale, 25 reposted of 879 open
- Hiring momentum
- 1112 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-30
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Databricks's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Databricks.
About this role
The Staff Partner Engineer for AI Partnerships at Databricks will lead the technical relationship with strategic AI partners like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google Gemini. This role involves owning the joint product roadmap, developing integrations, building proofs of concept, and collaborating with partners to create new products and architectures. The position requires close interaction with various internal teams and external stakeholders to drive innovation and align on product offerings.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Databricks as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years in field engineering, consulting, platform architecture, or AI systems development
- Depth in how AI systems are built and run in production
- Hands-on engineering skills, with the ability to develop POCs, build demos, and debug integrations
- Established existing relationships within the product and engineering functions of major AI labs and cloud providers
- Experience in strategic technical partnerships and navigating multi-company engineering initiatives
- Deep knowledge of the Databricks platform and the ability to design AI architectures
Nice to have
- Prior experience in Partner Solutions Architect, Solutions Engineering, or Alliance Engineering roles
- Experience taking AI systems to production at enterprise scale
- Background working at or with a frontier lab or AI-native cloud provider
- Track record of creating technical content that developers use
- Strong familiarity with modern development workflows and AI-assisted development tools
Worth weighing
- No specific benefits listed in the posting
- Pay range transparency provided, but actual compensation may vary based on multiple factors
- High impact role with direct visibility to founders and executives, which may lead to significant career exposure
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Listed by Databricks on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-30. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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