After Databricks
- 5%Founded something11
- 19%Joined a startup41
- 21%Joined a big company44
- 55%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Databricks most often go to Google, OpenAI and Anthropic. Of them, 5% found something next and 19% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 2m
Not Databricks's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 761 people on a map of 67,181, No. 27 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 7611.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 55973% of the people here
- Moved on
- 20227% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 2mmiddle half 1y 2m to 3y 7m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Google. Most leave for Google (10% of recorded departures).
285 of 760 recorded arrivals shown, 475 more from 298 other companies81 of 220 recorded departures shown, 139 more to 119 other companies
The Databricks mafia
11 of the people who left went straight to a founding role, 5% of those who moved on, half of them the same month they left. The bars cover the ’15 to ’26 classes; earlier founders still count in the total.
How long people stay
15%<1y
28%1-2y
34%2-4y
19%4-7y
4%7y+
709 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
5013
5<314
5<315
10816
13717
22818
321319
622620
892721
923122
1234623
1716224
1696225
661226
joined left2026 is a partial year
2013 to 2026: 864 joined, 306 left.
Caliber
85mediantop 10%94
0Eng Scorer caliber, 437 scored99
there now 84 moved on 87. The people who left score higher than the people still there.
Titles held here
- Software Engineer377
- Senior Software Engineer138
- Software Engineer Intern136
- Staff Software Engineer63
- Senior Staff Software Engineer26
- Member of Technical Staff16
- AI15
- Engineering Manager15
8 most common titles, by people who held them.
Behind the median
Everyone here with an Eng Scorer read, placed in their caliber tier.
- 7%Exceptional29 people
- 35%Strong151 people
- 36%Solid155 people
- 21%Emerging92 people
- 2%Unproven9 people
436 of the 761 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
180 of the 436 people here with a read sit in exceptional or strong, the top two of the five tiers, 41%. A tier is the band a caliber score falls in, so this is the same measurement as the median on the caliber card, opened up.
Whether a title rose here
The level of the first title recorded here, against the last.
51%Titles that rose157 of 308 classified people
- 51%Rose157 people
- 43%Stayed level133 people
- 6%Fell18 people
308 of the 761 people here had a title that could be placed on the ladder before and after.
A title rose when the last title recorded here sits higher on the ladder than the first. For someone with one title here who then left, it's measured against the first title of their next role. The ladder runs intern, junior, mid, senior, staff or manager, principal, director, VP, then founder or C-level. Titles that match no rung are left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely as a different ladder. What's left leans towards people who have left: someone still here on one recorded title has nothing to measure against.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley18.7%
- Carnegie Mellon11.5%
- Stanford8.6%
- MIT6.4%
- UIUC6.2%
- Georgia Tech6.0%
- Cornell4.0%
- University of Waterloo3.6%
The 8 most listed schools among the 754 people here with a school on file.
141 of the 754 people here with a school on file list UC Berkeley, 87 list Carnegie Mellon and 65 list Stanford. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
36%have a public GitHub account on their profile
276 of the 760 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
78% of the people who have worked at Databricks and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 41% of everyone on the map.
Databricks
Everyone on the map
- 78%SF Bay Area591 · map 41%
- 6%New York47 · map 18%
- 4%Seattle27 · map 5%
- 3%Washington DC21 · map 13%
- 0.8%Atlanta6 · map 1%
- 0.8%Los Angeles6 · map 5%
- 0.8%Pittsburgh6 · map 0.4%
- 0.7%Boston5 · map 2%
- 7%Somewhere else51
760 of the 761 people who worked at Databricks list a location, and every share here is over those 760.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at Databricks: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Databricks, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 761 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Databricks: 559 are there now, 202 have moved on.
- Most leave for Google: 21 people, 10% of recorded departures. Then OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Most arrive from Google: 93 people. Then Meta and Amazon.
- Median tenure at Databricks: 2y 2m, middle half 1y 2m to 3y 7m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Databricks, 5% went to a founder title next, 19% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 21% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Median Eng Scorer caliber here: 85 on the 0 to 99 scale, across 437 scored people.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer, then Senior Software Engineer.
- Top school: UC Berkeley, listed by 141 of the 754 people here with one on file (18.7%). Then Carnegie Mellon (87).
- 78% of the 760 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 41% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 36% of the 760 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
- 157 rose, 133 stayed level, 18 fell, out of the 308 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder before and after.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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