Databricks

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Software Development San Francisco, CA Watching 2,500 employees Updated as of Jun 24

The read

Five VP-level departures to Anthropic signal a notable executive talent drain, including a GTM leader for Life Sciences; other senior exits landed at ClickHouse and Wonderful. Offsetting the churn, Databricks added 22 people — heavily weighted to operations (18 hires) — and brought in a Chief of Staff, an RVP for AI Transformation Programs, and heads for business development and procurement. Incoming talent sourced from Google (3), Salesforce (2), and SAP (2), suggesting sustained recruiting from cloud and enterprise incumbents. Net headcount remained nearly flat (+2), pointing to a reshuffling of leadership and a pivot toward operational scale.

+0.7% of staff
Net headcount · 90d: +104; mostly Sales
New hires · 90d: 124; vs 124 hires
Departures · 90d: 20; quiet
Leadership moves · 90d: 0

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Hiring paceCooling

New hires per month, last 12 months. 626 total hires.

43 joined
Jun 2025

47 joined
Jul 2025

76 joined
Aug 2025

75 joined
Sep 2025

47 joined
Oct 2025

44 joined
Nov 2025

78 joined
Dec 2025

44 joined
Jan 2026

48 joined
Feb 2026

47 joined
Mar 2026

50 joined
Apr 2026

27 joined
May 2026

12 months agoLast month

Notable moves

Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.

13 people joined Aggregate
8 people left Aggregate
4 people joined Sales Aggregate
3 people left Aggregate
3 people left Aggregate
2 people left Aggregate

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Where they're growing

Net change by function, last 90 days.

Leadership +1

-1

-2

Flight risk watch

2 senior people showing exit signals.

Talent flow

Which companies Databricks hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.

Recruiting from

Google+3

Salesforce+2

SSAP+2

AAccenture+1

Amazon Web Services+1

Cisco+1

Departing to

Anthropic−5

WWonderful−2

CCareer Break−1

CClickHouse−1

CCloudflare−1

CCodeRabbit−1

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