Is Databricks a good company to work for?

Databricks has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,764 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at Databricks to a friend and 84% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Databricks have been left by employees working as Strategic Account Executive , Sr. Solutions Architect and Senior Solutions Architect .

Does Databricks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Databricks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Databricks. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Databricks?

77% of Databricks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Databricks 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Databricks?

Solutions Architect (137) , Software Engineer (131) , Account Executive (118) , Enterprise Account Executive (74) , Senior Solutions Architect (40) , Business Development Representative (BDR) (36) , Resident Solutions Architect (27) , Senior Software Engineer (27) , Solution Architect (26) , Sales (24) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (20) , Customer Success Engineer (19) , Strategic Account Executive (19) , Technical Solutions Engineer (17) , Data Scientist (16)

What are the pros of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"The culture is great and healthy." ((in 233 reviews)); "the people are great and the product is exploding" ((in 184 reviews)); "Great Leadership who really do provide a lot of clarity into how the business is run and are always happy to lean in with customers." ((in 123 reviews)); "Benefits are great (the cheapest health insurance I've ever had in my 20 year career)" ((in 81 reviews)); "Some teams are great" ((in 57 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Databricks according to real employee reviews?

"There is no work life balance to the constant micromanagement from the in" ((in 78 reviews)); "Unprofessional managers will wear everybody down." ((in 29 reviews)); "You’ll notice a common theme in the reviews for Databricks about bad management, it’s true." ((in 29 reviews)); "No 401k match (though other benefits are above industry standards like fitness perks and RSUs)" ((in 22 reviews)); "life balance as much as possible." ((in 14 reviews))

What are employees saying about Databricks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Databricks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Databricks in 2026.

What Databricks locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Raleigh , Austin , Dallas , Washington , Boston , San Jose , Denver , San Francisco , Mountain View , Chicago

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Databricks reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,622 total reviews)

Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

84% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

3.4

Work/Life balance

Databricks has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,622 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Databricks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Aug 27, 2019

Engaging and exciting company & product

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great balance of encouragement to perform well (and recognition) without heavy stress Engaged and capable team members make it a fun and invigorating environment Strategic and transparent leadership Effective products, good vision and opportune timing

Cons

Rapid growth poses some temporary challenges scaling teams evenly.

5.0

Dec 4, 2018

Good engineers, good culture, and challenging work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most healthy work environment I've ever been in. The work is interesting to me, the leadership is approachable and receptive to feedback, and the company trajectory is great. There's a reason very few people leave.

Cons

Doesn't have the name-brand recognition outside of the big data space.

5.0

May 8, 2016

Supportive culture, smart team, passionate about open source, awesome business model.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Smart engineers and business leaders, exciting technology, fast growing customer base

Cons

When everybody is smart and ambitious you can feel challenged and pushed to new limits

Databricks Response

Thank you for your feedback. We're sorry that you feel this way. One of our recruiting philosophies is to do our due diligence with anyone we hire. We evaluate each candidate thoroughly. Each candidate meets 4 or more Brick-sters and we require references from every candidate we extend an offer to. Being the start-up that we are, we understand our process is not bullet proof and we can get better. Unfortunately, we're going to have some misses as we develop and grow as a company. We will learn from our mistakes and do our best to not duplicate them.

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