Databricks · 1 week ago
Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$228K/yr - $304K/yr
15+ years expDatabricks is a data and AI company that focuses on enabling data teams to solve complex problems through their Data Intelligence Platform. As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the development of tools and infrastructure to enhance decision-making and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define the future of data management at Databricks.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Design and run the cross-company Data Intelligence Platform, which contains every business and product metric used to run Databricks. You’ll play a key role in developing the right balance of data protection and ease of shareability for the Data Intelligence Platform as we transition to a public company
Develop tooling and infrastructure to efficiently manage and run Databricks on Databricks at scale, across multiple clouds, geographies, and deployment types. This includes CI/CD processes, test frameworks for pipelines and data quality, and infrastructure-as-code tooling
Partner with other prominent tech leaders to develop and influence technical direction and capabilities of our Databricks product
Be customer 0 and a trusted advisor to product leadership
Represent Databricks at academic and industrial conferences & events
Qualification
Required
AI first mindset - Your personal productivity is augmented with AI to drive high-impact, technically complex initiatives and code that delivers clear value
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience
15+ years of industry experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems
6+ years of experience providing technical leadership on planet-scale production data systems
Experience leading architecture efforts for performance-sensitive systems (e.g., latency-critical services, multi-tenant platforms, large-scale indexing pipelines)
Strong communication skills and the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional environments
A strategic mindset with the ability to align engineering execution with longer-term product and company goals
Passion for mentoring and developing other engineers
Benefits
Eligibility for 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
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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