Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform

Highlights

• Design and run the cross-company Data Intelligence Platform at Databricks.
• Build tooling to run Databricks on Databricks across clouds and geographies.
• Shape logging, orchestration, transformation and governance platforms.

Ideal candidate

A strategic, collaborative technical leader who loves scaling planet-scale data platforms, mentoring engineers, and aligning execution with long-term product goals.

Requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of industry experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• 4+ 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.