Databricks is planning to double its research and development (R&D) staff in India by the end of this year in an effort to accelerate the development of new capabilities and large language models (LLMs).
“This year, we plan to hire an additional 100-plus R&D engineers to strengthen our capabilities,” Vinod Marur, senior vice president of Engineering at Databricks, said during a media briefing.
The data lakehouse platform provider opened its R&D hub in Bengaluru in 2023, and since then, it has hired around 100 engineers to support the division.
The India R&D team, according to Marur, contributes to the development of LLMs, new capabilities such as the Lakeflow Connect, and aids in infrastructure management for enterprise customers.
