Senior Software Engineer (App-Framework)
Databricks3 days ago
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain core system infrastructure and low-level software components.
- Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability through analysis and technical solutions.
- Work with JVM internals, memory management, concurrency, operating system concepts, and distributed systems.
- Collaborate with senior engineers and architects on technical strategies and roadmaps.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical excellence.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architectural decision-making.
- Troubleshoot complex system issues and provide effective resolutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of professional software development experience.
- Deep understanding of JVM internals, including garbage collection, JIT compilation, class loading, and the memory model.
- Proficiency in at least one JVM language and extensive experience with its runtime environment.
- Strong programming skills in Scala, Java, Rust, or another systems-level language.
- Extensive experience with processes, threads, concurrency, scheduling, I/O, and other operating system concepts.
- Proven experience building and optimizing high-performance, scalable, and reliable systems.
- Experience with distributed systems concepts and technologies.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, debugging, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience with performance profiling and tuning tools.
- Contributions to open-source projects related to JVM or systems software.
- Experience with RPC frameworks.
Benefits
- Comprehensive employee benefits and perks are offered, with specific details varying by region.
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).