Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.

160 Spear Street, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States
About Databricks

Data engineers, analysts, and AI teams use Databricks to process large datasets, build reliable pipelines, and train models on a single governed platform. Users can run SQL analytics, serve ML predictions in real time, and deploy AI agents grounded in enterprise data. Its open lakehouse architecture provides consistent security and governance across analytical and operational workloads.

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About the Role

You will build infrastructure and products for the data platform at scale. You will work across areas such as log analytics, AI and business intelligence, data governance, applications, distributed systems, cloud services, and secure data handling.

Requirements

  • BS or higher in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of production-level experience in Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language
  • Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures
  • Experience developing large-scale distributed systems
  • Experience with SaaS platforms or service-oriented architectures
  • Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes
  • Experience with security and systems handling sensitive data
  • Knowledge of SQL