Sr. Recruiter
Join Databricks as a Senior Recruiter to drive recruitment in the EMEA region for Field Engineering teams.
Posted by employer 10 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
What you'll build
- Develop full-cycle hiring strategies for Field Engineering
- Build engaged talent pipelines for long-term hiring goals
- Act as a trusted advisor to Field Engineering leaders
- Create closing approaches to manage partner expectations
- Promote future workforce planning decisions with data
Must have
- Experience recruiting for Go To Market professionals
- Experience building strategic partnerships
- Experience recruiting across multiple EMEA markets
- Significant experience in a recruiting environment
- Experience serving as a mentor regarding recruiting activities
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Recruiter at Databricks focuses on full-cycle recruitment for Field Engineering and Forward Deployed Engineering teams across the EMEA region, employing data-driven strategies to attract both active and passive candidates. Key skills include experience in recruiting for software roles, particularly in the Data and AI sectors, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders with data insights. This position is well-suited for someone with a strong background in high-growth software environments and a track record of building strategic partnerships. The role also emphasizes enhancing the candidate experience and promoting diversity and inclusion in hiring practices.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 21, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 21, 2026.
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Sr. Recruiter role.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Contract for this Sr. Recruiter role at Databricks.
From the original posting
We're looking for a Recruiter or Senior Recruiter with experience driving recruitment in the EMEA region for our Field Engineering & Forward Deployed Engineering teams, to help us identify and hire great people for Databricks as we continue our expansion. You will conceive practical and creative ways to identify leading talent and invest considerable time activating and engaging passive candidates. You will use data to set benchmarks and metrics to create targeted recruiting strategies while partnering with leadership to build inspired teams. You will report directly to the Manager, EMEA Talent Acquisition.
This is a fixed-term position for a period of 12 months, with the possibility of extension.
The impact you will have:
- Apply your knowledge to meet our hiring needs within Field Engineering and develop unique full-cycle hiring strategies.
- Build engaged talent pipelines for roles across Field Engineering, with active and passive candidates which can sustain long-term hiring goals.
- Act as a trusted advisor to Field Engineering leaders across EMEA — running intake and calibration sessions, challenging assumptions on role design and seniority, and holding hiring managers to a consistently high bar.
- Create closing approaches to manage partner expectations through market data
- Lead the business with data to promote future workforce planning decisions and accurate forecasting
- Help Databricks to provide a positive interview experience for all and periodically review experiential data to enhance our offering and drive Diversity and Inclusion in our hiring
What we look for:
- Experience with recruiting for Go To Market professionals, specifically Pre-sales Engineers and Post-sales engineers from Entry level to Director within the software industry.
- Experience building strategic partnerships within the business and cross-functionally, and influencing senior stakeholders with data rather than opinion.
- Experience recruiting across multiple EMEA markets and navigating the local nuances that come with it.
- You will have had success in scaling a high-growth software/Data/AI company and be able to bring your learning from your success to our team.
- Experience serving as a mentor and expert regarding all recruiting-related activities and be comfortable sharing your knowledge within the business and our wider team
- Significant experience in a recruiting environment, ideally in-house, focussed on the SaaS software, ideally within the Data and AI space.
About Databricks
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