Databricks Software Engineer reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(120 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

95% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Databricks with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 120 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Databricks is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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120 reviews
5.0
Feb 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great people and coworkers - Strong tech leads - Solid projects and growth opportunities - Strong engineering culture

Cons

- Reorgs were sometimes quite messy - Some teams had very overwhelming oncall and messy leadership/cross-functional - Work life balance was not very good

5.0
Jan 7, 2026

Amazing opportunities

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good comp, nice people overall. Extremely exciting work.

Cons

Quite PERF driven, which can be demoralizing.

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