Databricks · 3 days ago
Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$166K/yr - $225K/yr
5+ years expDatabricks is a data and AI company passionate about enabling data teams to solve complex problems. As a software engineer on the Runtime team, you will build next-generation distributed data storage and processing systems that outperform traditional SQL query engines while supporting diverse workloads.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data IntegrationData ManagementData StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Develop the de facto open source standard framework for big data
Provide reliable and high performance services and client libraries for storing and accessing humongous amount of data on cloud storage backends, e.g., AWS S3, Azure Blob Store
A storage management system that combines the scale and cost-efficiency of data lakes, the performance and reliability of a data warehouse, and the low latency of streaming
Make it simple and possible to orchestrate and operate tens of thousands of data pipelines
Build the next generation query optimizer and execution engine that's fast, tuning free, scalable, and robust
Qualification
Required
BS (or higher) in Computer Science, related technical field or equivalent practical experience
Comfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables
Motivated by delivering customer value and impact
5+ years of production level experience in either Java, Scala or C++
Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases
Experience with distributed systems, databases, and big data systems (Apache Spark™, Hadoop)
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25.81BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2026-01-22
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