Senior Staff Software Engineer - Delta
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 design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems for workspace assets. You will optimize performance and reliability at scale, automate service operations, investigate production issues, lead complex cross-functional projects, and mentor engineers.
Requirements
- 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems
- Ability to work toward a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables
- Knowledge of algorithms and data structures
- Experience driving company initiatives toward customer satisfaction
Responsibilities
- Solve business needs at large scale through software engineering
- Debug, measure, and optimize low-level systems on large production clusters
- Design architecture and influence the product roadmap
- Own new projects
- Introduce tools that improve service automation and operability
- Prevent and investigate production issues
- Plan and lead complex technical projects across multiple teams
- Mentor engineers, lead sprint planning, delegate work, and participate in project planning