Staff Technical Instructor
CSQ427R518
About the role
Databricks Learning & Enablement trains customers, partners, and Databricks employees on the Data Intelligence Platform. As a Staff Technical Instructor, you deliver our most strategic technical training and set the instructional quality bar for a global community of instructors and training partners. You partner with curriculum, operations, and account teams to translate real-world delivery experience into better courses, stronger instructors, and measurable learner outcomes.
This is a senior individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Global Delivery Excellence. You are a thought partner to Senior Director+ stakeholders on training delivery.
What you will do
Lead associate- and professional-level instructor-led training across most of the Databricks catalog, virtual and in person, including tailored programs for strategic customers and large-scale events such as Data + AI Summit.
Partner with curriculum teams on new course development and curriculum revamps so content reflects real delivery needs.
Mentor Databricks Certified Instructors training partner instructors globally with timely, candid, actionable feedback.
Use CSAT, NPS, and skill-progression data to identify and implement improvements in learner outcomes, instructor operations, tooling, and scheduling.
Advise delivery leadership and account-facing teams on training plans, priorities, and emerging trends.
Build AI-based tools to evolve training delivery readiness and in-class experiences.
What we look for
Deep subject-matter expertise in at least one Databricks domain: Data Engineering, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, or Generative AI
Most Databricks certifications completed, at both associate and professional levels
Hands-on proficiency with the Databricks workspace, Databricks SQL, Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, Lakeflow Jobs, Git folders, and Unity Catalog
A track record of influencing training products, delivery processes, or tooling beyond your own classroom
Experience mentoring and tailoring your coaching style to the individual
Comfort presenting to and advising senior technical and business stakeholders
Continuous study of industry trends and active investment in depth across additional technical domains
Hands-on experience using AI to speed up course preparation, demo building, or delivery operations
Preferred qualifications
~8+ years in technical instruction, solutions architecture, data engineering, or data science, including ~4+ years delivering technical training to enterprise audiences
Experience as a lead instructor or curriculum contributor for a technical course
Experience designing or running train-the-trainer programs
Experience running large-scale or event-based training programs