Sr. Designated Support Engineer, Apache Spark™

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P-1448 About the Role Databricks is seeking an experienced Sr. Designated Support Engineer/Premier Support Engineer with a strong technical foundation in Apache Spark and a passion for customer engagement. This self-motivated professional will demonstrate high commitment to both customers and internal teams, with excellent communication, project management, and problem-solving skills. In this role, the Sr. Designated Support Engineer/Premier Support Engineer will build and maintain close relationships with strategic customers, manage and prioritize critical issues, and ensure a high-touch, proactive support experience. The Impact You Will Have • Manage large strategic accounts to provide a high-touch support experience. • Deep-dive into complex Apache Spark and Data Engineering issues, analyzing Spark UI, thread dumps, and driver/executor logs to resolve critical performance bottlenecks. • Advise strategic customers on Data Engineering best practices, including optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines, data modeling, and leveraging the Databricks Lakehouse architecture (Delta Lake/Iceberg). • Project manage all open support cases to expedite support ticket closure. • Facilitate customer…