Staff Backend Software Engineer- (AI Platform)
Databricks5 months ago
Base Salary
$166k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement core systems and APIs powering Databricks Model Serving.
- Drive architectural decisions and trade-offs for performance, throughput, autoscaling, and operational efficiency across CPU and GPU serving workloads.
- Develop and improve model container builds, deployment workflows, routing, caching, observability, and intelligent autoscaling.
- Collaborate with product, platform, infrastructure, and research teams to deliver reliable and performant systems.
- Lead initiatives that improve latency, availability, and cost-effectiveness across customer-facing and foundational serving layers.
- Establish code quality, testing, and operational-readiness practices and mentor engineers through design reviews and technical guidance.
Requirements
- At least five years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience with model serving, inference systems, or related infrastructure such as routing, scheduling, autoscaling, and observability.
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and system design for large-scale, low-latency serving systems.
- Experience architecting large-scale, performance-sensitive CPU/GPU inference systems.
- Proven ability to deliver technically complex, high-impact initiatives with measurable customer or business value.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Customer-focused approach to aligning implementation details with product goals.
- Interest in mentoring engineers and fostering technical excellence.
Benefits
- Comprehensive employee benefits and perks, with details varying by region.
- The total compensation package may include an annual performance bonus and equity.
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About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and over 60% of the Fortune 500 — rely on Databricks to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified Data Intelligence Platform that includes Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, Lakebase and Unity Catalog. --- Databricks applicants Please apply through our official Careers page at databricks.com/company/careers. All official communication from Databricks will come from email addresses ending with @databricks.com or @goodtime.io (our meeting tool).