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.

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Maintainer signals as of 9/23/2026

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 backend connectivity services for virtual machines and lead the design and development of services connecting the control and compute planes. You will work with product, operations, and engineering teams to deliver scalable networking systems.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of production experience with Python, Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language
  • 7+ years developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch
  • Experience with a SaaS platform or service-oriented architectures
  • Extensive networking-domain experience

Responsibilities

  • Build backend connectivity services for virtual machines
  • Lead the design and development of control-plane and compute-plane connectivity services
  • Deliver scalable and efficient networking systems with cross-functional teams