Staff Software Engineer Technical Lead Lakebase Manager LBM
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 drive, build, and operate the Lakebase central control plane. You will set technical direction, design systems, write production code, establish technical standards, mentor engineers, improve reliability, lead cross-team initiatives, and shape a long-term technical roadmap.
Requirements
- 8+ years designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Technical leadership experience as an individual contributor
- Experience designing systems and writing production code for large-scale distributed services
- Experience operating reliability-critical highly available services
- Ability to align stakeholders on competing priorities
- Proficiency in Go, Rust, or a similar systems language
- PostgreSQL and Kubernetes experience is a plus
- BS or higher in Computer Science or a related field
Responsibilities
- Set technical direction and own quality and reliability
- Drive architecture and design and write production code
- Set technical standards through architecture reviews and testing
- Mentor engineers and lead design and code reviews
- Define SLIs, meet SLOs, and improve reliability
- Lead cross-team initiatives across the Lakebase stack
- Shape and deliver the long-term technical roadmap
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus eligibility
- Equity eligibility