Senior Staff Software Engineer Networking
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 define the technical vision and architecture for network connectivity and observability services. You will design large-scale connectivity platforms between the control plane and compute plane, set organization-wide technical direction, lead cross-team initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and translate business goals into extensible networking systems.
Requirements
- 15+ years of production experience with Rust, Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language
- 10+ years of experience developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch
- Experience with a SaaS platform or service-oriented architectures
- Experience with cloud networking, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation languages such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Responsibilities
- Define the technical vision and architecture for network connectivity and observability services
- Design large-scale connectivity platforms between the control plane and compute plane
- Set organization-wide technical direction
- Lead complex cross-team initiatives
- Mentor senior engineers
- Translate business goals into durable networking systems