Joblaze summary

In the role of Staff Software Engineer at Databricks, the individual will focus on developing and maintaining backend infrastructure that supports large-scale distributed systems and enhances developer experience. Key skills include proficiency in languages like Python, Java, or Scala, along with extensive experience in building SaaS platforms and service-oriented architectures. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over a decade of experience in production environments, particularly those with a background in infrastructure projects. Databricks is in a growth phase, establishing new teams in Bengaluru, which presents a unique opportunity to shape the company's future.

Joblaze insights

Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 28, 2026.
Java appears in 42.3% of 52 comparable staff backend roles in India; Apache Spark appears in 1.9% of 52 comparable staff backend roles in India.

Quick facts

How much experience is required?: At least 12 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer (Infrastructure) role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Apache Spark, C++, Databricks, Java, Kubernetes, Python.
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 (Infrastructure) 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. Databricks Mosaic AI offers a unique data-centric approach to building enterprise-quality, Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions, enabling organizations to securely and cost-effectively own and host ML and Generative AI models, augmented or trained with their enterprise data. And we're only getting started in Bengaluru , India - and currently in the process of setting up 14 new teams from scratch !

As a Staff Software Engineer at Databricks India, you can get to work across :

- Backend (Infrastructure)

The impact you'll have:

Our Infrastructure 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. Apache 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
12+ years of production level experience in one of: Python, Java, Scala, C++, or similar language
6+ years experience developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch
Experience working on a SaaS platform or with Service-Oriented Architectures
Experience working on Infrastructure related projects is a plus

About Databricks

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Staff Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

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