Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Posted by employer 1 year ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 21 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Staff Software Engineer focuses on building and enhancing the backend infrastructure for Databricks' platform, tackling challenges related to distributed systems and service architecture. Key skills include proficiency in languages like Java or Scala, experience with large-scale systems, and a solid understanding of SQL. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over seven years of experience, particularly those familiar with SaaS platforms. Databricks, known for its innovative data and AI solutions, fosters a collaborative environment driven by technical excellence.
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: Belgrade, Serbia, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Bengaluru, India, Aarhus, Denmark, San Francisco, California.
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 7 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer - Backend role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: C++, Databricks, Java, Kubernetes, SQL, Scala.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Databricks targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer - Backend role at Databricks.
From the original posting
P-1328
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 across our essential service platforms. For instance, you might work on challenges such as:
- Problems that span from product to infrastructure including: distributed systems, at-scale service architecture and monitoring, workflow orchestration, and developer experience.
- Deliver reliable and high performance services and client libraries for storing and accessing humongous amount of data on cloud storage backends, e.g., AWS S3, Azure Blob Store.
- Build reliable, scalable services, e.g. Scala, Kubernetes, and data pipelines, e.g. Spark, Databricks, to power the pricing infrastructure that serves millions of cluster-hours per day and develop product features that empower customers to easily view and control platform usage.
What we look for:
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
- 7+ 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.
- Good knowledge of SQL.
About Databricks
BenefitsStandard company text repeated across Databricks's postings is omitted here.
Similar positions
Explore more