Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Posted by employer 5 years ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 23 hours ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer focuses on developing and maintaining the backend infrastructure for Databricks' platform, tackling challenges related to resource management and service scalability. Proficiency in languages like Java, Scala, or C++ is essential, along with experience in large-scale distributed systems and cloud technologies. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in SaaS platforms and a passion for solving complex technical problems. Databricks emphasizes a collaborative environment, driven by a commitment to innovation in data and AI.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 28, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 5 other locations at Databricks: Bengaluru, India, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Mountain View, California, Bellevue, Washington, Vancouver, Canada.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 32% of 119 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list AWS we track (median $174,915 across 54 companies). See AWS salary trends
- AWS appears in 31.7% of 521 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Scala appears in 4.2% of 521 comparable senior backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Databricks lists $166,000–$225,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer - Backend role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, C++, Docker, GCP, Java.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer - Backend role at Databricks.
From the original posting
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At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started.
As a software engineer with a backend focus, you will work with your team to build infrastructure and products for the Databricks platform at scale.
The impact you'll have:
Our backend teams span many domains, from our core compute fabric resource management infrastructure, to service platforms, to machine learning infrastructure. For instance, you might work on challenges such as:
- Resource management infrastructure powering the big data and machine learning workloads on the Databricks platform in a scalable, secure, and cloud-agnostic way
- Develop reliable, scalable services and client libraries that work with massive amounts of data on the cloud, across geographic regions and Cloud providers
- Build tools to allow Databricks engineers to operate their services across different clouds and environments
- Build services, products and infrastructure at the intersection of machine learning and distributed systems.
What we look for:
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of production level experience in one of: Java, Scala, C++, or similar language.
- Experience developing large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience working on a SaaS platform or with Service-Oriented Architectures.
- Experience with cloud technologies, e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes.
- Experience with security and systems that handle sensitive data.
- Good knowledge of SQL.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k) Plan
- Equity awards
- Flexible time off
- Paid parental leave
- Family Planning
- Gym reimbursement
- Annual personal development fund
- Work headphones reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Business travel accident insurance
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.
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