Senior Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
Databricks2 months ago
Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own product or infrastructure direction for a major area from initial development through scalable production solutions.
- Build and operate highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant distributed systems for 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 involving multiple internal teams.
- Lead engineering initiatives, technical review committees, and organization-wide efforts.
- Mentor engineers, support recruiting, lead sprint planning, delegate work, and participate in project planning.
Requirements
- 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their practical applications.
- Experience driving company initiatives focused on customer satisfaction.
- Ability to work toward a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
- Motivation to deliver customer value and measurable impact.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks, with specific offerings varying by region.
Tech Stack
Databricks
Categories
About Databricks
Databricks builds a cloud-based data and AI platform centered on the lakehouse architecture, combining data engineering, analytics, and machine learning with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow. It sells subscriptions and cloud services to enterprises that need to unify data pipelines and develop large-scale AI and analytics. Founded in 2013 by the creators of Apache Spark and headquartered in San Francisco, the company is privately held and serves organizations across many industries.