Databricks officially opened its new Singapore office at IOI Central Boulevard Towers on 4 November 2026. If you’re hoping to build a career in artificial intelligence (AI) here, the hiring plan is the part to watch: the company says the new space lets it double its local team to more than 500 people, including over 200 forward-deployed engineers.
Databricks says the office is part of its commitment to invest more than US$350 million in Singapore over the next three years. The plan reaches past the office fit-out, too. As part of the investment, the opening launched a startup programme, and student teams presented their AI tools to a room of government and industry guests.
Ribbons, Lions and an APJ Hub
Two Guests of Honour opened the office with Databricks leadership. They were Low Jin Yong, Senior Vice President and Co-Head of Digital Industry Singapore at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), and Chang Sau Sheong, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Technology Officer of GovTech. Representatives from EDB, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and GovTech joined them, along with customers, startup founders and student innovators.
According to Databricks, the office measures 32,000 sq ft, four times the size of its previous Singapore office. The company also says the office strengthens Singapore’s role as its Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) hub. A team that’s set to double needs somewhere to sit, so quadrupling the floor space is a sensible bet!
If the name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s because Databricks works behind the scenes. It calls itself “the Data and AI company”, and its business is helping organisations get AI out of trials and into everyday use. It is far from a minnow. Co-founder Arsalan Tavakoli delivered the keynote at the opening.
200 Engineers on the Ground
For job seekers, the number that matters is the 200-plus forward-deployed engineers. Put simply, these are technical specialists who work close to customers. Databricks says their job is to help Singapore organisations move AI from pilots, meaning small trial runs, into production, where it handles real work every day.
Simon Davies, Senior Vice President for APJ at Databricks, described the opening as a statement about the region. “This is more than a new address. It’s a statement that the future of data and AI is being built here in Asia Pacific, with Singapore at the centre of it,” he said. He added that “organisations here have moved from experimenting with AI to putting it to work.”
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