Staff Software Engineer, AI Search
Databricks Mosaic · Mountain View, California
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Infrastructureonsitestaff$166k–$225k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build and scale next-generation Search across massive multimodal datasets.
- Power AI assistants and recommendation experiences for customers.
- Drive architecture for low-latency, high-quality retrieval at global scale.
What they offer
- annual performance bonus
- equity
Ideal candidate
A seasoned distributed systems leader who loves mentoring and shaping product vision. You thrive on hard retrieval challenges and aligning technical execution with customer impact.
Requirements
- 10+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Deep expertise in Search and related domains like indexing, ranking and relevance
- Familiarity with storage systems, recommendation engines and database internals
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures and system design
- Proven ability to deliver complex, high-impact initiatives
- Experience leading architecture for performance-sensitive, large-scale systems
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Strategic and product-oriented mindset aligned to long-term vision
- Passion for mentoring engineers and fostering technical excellence
Lab profile
About Databricks Mosaic
Builds unified data analytics and AI platform to productionize AI applications.
What they build
- Databricks platform
- Unified Data Analytics and AI
- AI platform
Known for
- Forward-deployed AI engineering
- Productionizing first-of-kind AI applications
- Customer platform adoption and scale
- Cross-functional engineering and product collaboration