Databricks · 3 months ago
Staff Data Scientist - Infrastructure
Mountain View, California
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$192K/yr - $260K/yr
7+ years expDatabricks is a leading data and AI company that empowers organizations to solve complex problems through its robust infrastructure platform. The Staff Data Scientist will play a critical role in building a data-driven culture by developing data science tools, generating strategic business insights, and mentoring junior team members.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Inform decision making by building robust data science tooling for business leaders, analysts, and other data scientists
Work closely with Data Platform and Product Engineering teams to integrate data science tooling with existing Data team offerings and the core product
Lead insight generation for top company priorities, and key Engineering initiatives (reliability, and efficiency)
Gather changing requirements, define project OKRs and milestones, and communicate progress and results to both technical and non-technical audiences
Mentor and guide junior data scientists on the team by helping with project planning, technical decisions, and code and document review
Represent the data science discipline throughout the organization, having a powerful voice to make us more data-driven
Represent Databricks at academic and industrial conferences & events
Qualification
Required
7+ years of data science, machine learning, advanced analytics experience in high velocity, high-growth companies
Extensive experience in applying Data Science / ML in production to build data-driven products for solving business problems
Experience collaborating with and understanding the needs of Senior level stakeholders from a variety of functions including: Engineering, Product, and Technical Operations
Ability to deal with ambiguity in fast paced environments by clarifying requirements and having a keen sense of 0 to 1 solutions
Adept at operating both as an individual contributor and identifying how to orchestrate the build through peers and investments in scalable tooling
Strong coding skills in Python and SQL
Experience with distributed data processing systems like Spark and familiarity with software engineering principles around testing, code reviews and deployment
M.S. or Ph.D. in quantitative fields (e.g., Statistics, Math, Computer Science, Physics, Economics, Operational Research or Engineering)
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Comprehensive benefits and perks
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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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
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