Staff Technical Instructor - Databricks

About the role

Databricks Learning & Enablement trains customers, partners and employees on the Data Intelligence Platform. As a Staff Technical Instructor you deliver the most strategic technical training and set the instructional quality bar for a global community of instructors and training partners. This is a senior individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Global Delivery Excellence, working as a thought partner to Senior Director+ stakeholders on training delivery.

Key responsibilities

• 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 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 improve 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

Required profile

• 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
• 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 additional technical domains
• Hands-on experience using AI to speed up course preparation, demo building or delivery operations

Preferred: ~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, designing or running train-the-trainer programs, and running large-scale or event-based training programs.