Tax Data & Technology Manager (AI)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Salary: $161,000–$221,450 USD per year, with potential annual performance bonus and equity.

Company

Databricks is a data and AI company providing a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, AI applications, and agents.

What you will do

• Architect and redesign tax processes by building automation solutions and finance data pipelines on the Databricks platform and Finance Datalake.
• Orchestrate Databricks Jobs and Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines with data validation and reconciliations for accurate and timely tax deliverables.
• Identify and deliver AI use cases for tax, including calculation automation, anomaly detection, and natural-language access to financial data.
• Build and maintain Databricks Apps, Genie Spaces, dashboards, tax reports, and self-service products for Finance stakeholders.
• Maintain integrations and tax calculation automations, support tax close, and resolve data-related issues.
• Partner with IT and Engineering on requirements and UAT while establishing coding, data management, documentation, Git, pull-request, and CI/CD standards.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in tax automation, transformation, or data engineering, including at least 2 years in tax or a tax-adjacent field.
• Professional experience with SQL and Python for data pipeline development.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining ELT/ETL pipelines connecting systems such as NetSuite, Salesforce, Stripe, or SAP to tax workflows and reporting.
• Understanding of tax and accounting concepts, including close processes, tax provision, intercompany accounting, tax compliance, and financial reporting.
• Experience with BI and data visualization tools and the ability to build tax-facing dashboards and self-service products.
• Ability to translate ambiguous tax requirements into maintainable technical deliverables and collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with the Databricks platform, AI/BI tools, Genie, or LLM-powered applications.
• Experience with Declarative Automation Bundles or CI/CD for Finance Datalake pipelines.
• Experience at a high-growth SaaS or cloud infrastructure company.
• CPA, CFA, or formal finance and accounting background.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a Tax organization that combines engineering rigor with tax accountability.
• Direct reporting to the Senior Director of Tax and visibility into CAO-level priorities.
• Autonomy to define tax transformation initiatives and develop use cases that may expand to customers.
• Comprehensive benefits and perks, with details varying by region.
• Potential annual performance bonus, equity, and employee benefits.