Senior Software Engineer - Backend Infrastructure
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
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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 new backend connectivity services that power millions of VMs running on Databricks, and lead the design and development of services connecting the control plane and compute plane. You will work closely with product management, operations, and other engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable networking systems.
Requirements
- 8+ years of production experience in Python, Java, Scala, C++, or similar language
- 4+ years developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch
- Experience with a SaaS platform or Service-Oriented Architectures
- Networking background
Responsibilities
- Build new backend connectivity services powering millions of VMs
- Lead design and development of services connecting control plane and compute plane
- Work with product management, operations, and engineering teams to deliver scalable networking systems