Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Databricks salaries 2026: posted ranges by role and level

317 open roles at Databricks publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $182k to $250k; the highest posted maximum is $402k. Ranges come from Databricks's own postings on its careers site, refreshed every 6 hours. All Databricks roles.

By function

Function	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Other	10	$220k	$297k	$256k	$402k
Research	5	$190k	$270k	$230k	$350k
Data	9	$192k	$260k	$226k	$314k
Engineering	200	$182k	$250k	$216k	$302k
Infrastructure	31	$182k	$250k	$216k	$304k
Operations	30	$180k	$248k	$214k	$302k
Product & Design	32	$157k	$215k	$186k	$247k

By level

Level	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Lead / Manager	80	$192k	$263k	$227k	$327k
Staff+	98	$191k	$260k	$226k	$314k
Senior	129	$182k	$250k	$216k	$272k
Unspecified	9	$140k	$187k	$162k	$250k

By role

The most posted roles first.

Role	Roles	Median low	Median high	Median midpoint	90th pct high
Software Engineer	83	$190k	$248k	$221k	$299k
Forward Deployed Engineer	59	$182k	$250k	$216k	$250k
Product Manager	21	$157k	$215k	$186k	$240k
Engineering Manager	15	$190k	$261k	$226k	$317k
Deployment Strategist	6	$220k	$302k	$261k	$302k

Highest posted ranges at Databricks

One row per role.

Role	Level	Range	Location
Lakebase Associate Director- Financial Services	Lead / Manager	$292k to $402k	United States
Staff Security Software Engineer, Agentic Security Engineering	Staff+	$289k to $398k	Remote - California
Principal Engineer, Authentication	Staff+	$280k to $385k	Mountain View, California; San Francisco

Method: base-salary ranges parsed from the compensation field or description of each posting; placeholder ranges (top at least 3x the bottom) excluded; medians use the range midpoint; level inferred from the title. All AI companies · Databricks jobs.