Senior Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Databricks6 months ago
Responsibilities
- Own product or infrastructure direction for a major area from initial development through scalable solutions.
- Build highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant engines processing hundreds of terabytes of data daily across thousands of customers.
- Perform low-level systems debugging, performance measurement, and optimization on large production clusters.
- Design architectures, influence product roadmaps, and take ownership of new projects.
- Prevent and investigate production issues using deep distributed-systems expertise.
- Plan and lead complex technical projects spanning multiple company teams.
- Drive organizational roadmaps, technical review committees, and engineering-wide initiatives.
- Break down complex problems, develop potential solutions, and de-risk them through prototyping and validation.
- Mentor engineers, lead sprint planning, delegate assignments, and participate in project planning.
- Contribute to recruiting and serve as a technical team lead.
Requirements
- 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures, including real-world applications.
- Experience driving company initiatives toward customer satisfaction.
- Ability to work toward a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
- Motivation to deliver customer value and business impact.
Benefits
- Comprehensive employee benefits and perks, with region-specific details available through Databricks' benefits portal.
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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).