Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform
Databricks2 months ago
Base Salary
$198k - $273k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define the technical roadmap for web platform components, rendering architecture, CMS, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling.
- Own the platform layer used by the broader web engineering team.
- Influence shared architectural decisions and contribute to Databricks’ broader AI-native engineering direction.
- Apply agentic workflows to code generation, testing, review, deployment, and production monitoring.
- Define evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and feedback loops for reliable production-grade agentic workflows.
- Mentor and grow engineers while setting standards for AI-native engineering execution.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software engineering experience with a strong record of technical leadership and impact.
- 3+ years of engineering leadership experience as the technical owner of team-owned software systems.
- Proven technical leadership of a web platform, including design systems, rendering frameworks, edge delivery, CI/CD, and infrastructure.
- Deep hands-on expertise with React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
- Experience making and executing multi-layer architectural decisions on a live production platform.
- Experience sequencing and executing frontend framework migrations without disrupting production.
- A clear perspective on AI-native software development and a track record of building toward it.
- Familiarity with agentic systems or LLM-powered tooling is a strong plus.
- Ability to influence technical leaders and align engineering and business stakeholders.
- History of driving technical transformation, stack consolidation, or platform-level standards adoption at scale.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks are offered, 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).