Senior Software Engineer Ingestion
Databricks is a data and AI platform that lets organizations build analytics, AI agents, and applications on a unified, governed lakehouse.
Maintainer signals as of 9/23/2026
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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 ingestion systems that extract data from OLTP systems with minimal production impact. You will deliver a scalable, available, fault-tolerant engine; debug and optimize production clusters; design architecture; investigate production issues; lead technical projects; and validate solutions through prototyping.
Requirements
- BS or higher in Computer Science or a related field
- 5+ years of production experience with Python, Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language
- Experience developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch
- Hands-on experience developing and operating backend systems
- Database replication, backup, or transaction recovery experience is a plus
Responsibilities
- Solve business needs through software engineering
- Deliver a scalable, available, and fault-tolerant data-processing engine
- Debug, measure, and optimize performance on production clusters
- Design architecture and influence the product roadmap
- Prevent and investigate production issues
- Plan and lead complex technical projects across teams
- Break down complex problems and validate solutions through prototyping