About the role
From the employer’s listing · Databricks · posted 18 August 2026
P-1448
About the Role
Databricks is seeking an experienced Sr. Designated Support Engineer/Premier Support Engineer with a strong technical fo
The Impact You Will Have
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Manage large strategic accounts to provide a high-touch support experience.
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Deep-dive into complex Apache Spark and Data Engineering issues, analyzing Spark UI, thread dumps, and driver/executor logs to resolve critical performance bottlenecks.
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Advise strategic customers on Data Engineering best practices, including optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines, data modeling, and leveraging the Databricks Lakehouse architecture (Delta Lake/Iceberg).
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Project manage all open support cases to expedite support ticket closure.
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Facilitate customer correspondence with Engineering, Product Team, SMEs, and Accounts Teams to advance tickets toward resolution.
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Directly engage on business-impacting situations and ensure recovery of functionality for the customer.
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Successfully engage with Senior Leadership, Technical and Functional staff to remove roadblocks, address delays, and mitigate issues.
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Effectively use sound business judgment, risk avoidance, and SME resources to coordinate team efforts to solve problems.
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Carry out regular reviews of customer cases to identify trends and proactive optimization opportunities.
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Champion and advocate for customers and chair roundtables to ensure close communication and relationship building with key stakeholders.
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Drive customer self-sufficiency by ensuring customers understand how to engage with the Databricks Support organization and tools.
What We Look For
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Minimum 3 years of