After Databricks
- 6%Founded something7
- 21%Joined a startup23
- 15%Joined a big company16
- 58%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Databricks most often go to OpenAI, Google and Meta. 6% found something next. 21% go small. Median stay 2y 6m
These are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer, not Databricks's headcount: 327 people on a map of 26,572, the No. 25 company on it by people. Updated August 20, 2026.
- People on the map
- 3271.2% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 22569% of the people here
- Moved on
- 10231% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 6mmiddle half 1y 4m to 4y 3m
Put Databricks side by side with another company, every number against every number.
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move. Most arrive from Google. Most leave for OpenAI (7% of recorded departures).
113 of 337 recorded arrivals shown, 224 more from 175 other companies31 of 113 recorded departures shown, 82 more to 74 other companies
How long people stay
14%<1y
22%1-2y
35%2-4y
25%4-7y
5%7y+
288 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
0012
2013
1114
0015
7516
6217
11518
19819
361720
491521
561922
582023
633524
492425
23526
joined left2026 is a partial year
2012 to 2026: 380 joined, 156 left.
Caliber
86mediantop 10%94
0Eng Scorer caliber, 327 scored99
there now 86 moved on 88. The people who left score higher than the people still there.
Titles held here
- Software Engineer179
- Software Engineer Intern75
- Senior Software Engineer64
- Staff Software Engineer27
- Engineering Manager10
- Data Science Intern4
- Member of Technical Staff4
- Senior Staff Software Engineer4
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%Exceptional22 people
- 43%Strong141 people
- 42%Solid138 people
- 6%Emerging20 people
- 1%Unproven4 people
325 of the 327 people here carry an Eng Scorer tier.
Exceptional and strong are the top two of the five tiers. 163 of the 325 people here with a read sit in them, 50%. A tier is the band an Eng Scorer 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.
46%Titles that rose75 of 162 classified people
- 46%Rose75 people
- 49%Stayed level79 people
- 5%Fell8 people
162 of the 327 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 who recorded one title here and then left, it is 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. A title that matches no rung is left out rather than guessed, and product, program and project managers are left out entirely, being a different ladder. That leaves 162 of the 327 people here classified, and it leans towards people who have left: someone still here on a single recorded title has nothing to be measured against.
Where they studied
- UC Berkeley28.3%
- UIUC8.1%
- Stanford7.1%
- Carnegie Mellon6.5%
- University of Waterloo6.2%
- MIT5.0%
- Cornell4.4%
- Brown3.1%
The 8 most listed schools among the 322 people here with a school on file.
Of the 322 people here with a school on file, 91 list UC Berkeley, 26 list UIUC and 23 list Stanford. A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
39%have a public GitHub account on their profile
128 of the 325 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check did not find reads the same as no account, so this is a floor rather than a census.
Across the 325 companies on the map that can show this figure, the median is 38%.
Where they are now
86% of the people who have worked at Databricks and list a location live in the San Francisco Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map.
Databricks
Everyone on the map
- 86%SF Bay Area278 · map 47%
- 9%New York30 · map 33%
- 2%Washington DC6 · map 7%
- 1%Seattle4 · map 3%
- 2%Somewhere else7
325 of the 327 people who worked at Databricks list a location, and every share here is over those 325.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while they worked at Databricks: a metro here does not mean the company has an office in it. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map, for comparison.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Databricks, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 327 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Databricks: 225 are there now and 102 have moved on.
- The most common next employer after Databricks is OpenAI (8 people, 7% of recorded departures), followed by Google and Meta.
- The most common previous employer before Databricks is Google (27 people), followed by Meta and Amazon.
- The median tenure at Databricks is 2y 6m (middle half 1y 4m to 4y 3m).
- Of those who moved on from Databricks, 6% went on to a founder title, 21% joined a company with 200 or fewer people, and 15% joined a company with 10,000 or more.
- The median Eng Scorer caliber of people who have worked at Databricks is 86 on the 0 to 99 scale (327 scored).
- The most common title held at Databricks is Software Engineer, then Software Engineer Intern.
- Of the 322 people here with a school on file, 91 list UC Berkeley (28.3%), then UIUC (26). A person can list more than one school, so these overlap rather than add up.
- 86% of the 325 people here who list a location live in SF Bay Area today, against 47% of everyone on the map. That is where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 39% of the 325 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub account on it.
- Of the 162 people here whose title could be placed on a ladder both before and after, 75 rose, 79 stayed level and 8 fell.
About this data: built from 144,786 jobs across 26,572 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated August 20, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving; companies with fewer than 20 people on the map are not shown, and destinations with fewer than 3 people are folded into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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