Senior Staff Software Engineer - BackendActive
The opportunity
We are hiring a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Databricks' Engineering team reporting to an Engineering Leader. You will be part of the Databricks engineering organization, working with teams that develop Databricks products and features for thousands of enterprises worldwide.
What you'll do
Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering.
Deliver a highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant engine processing: hundreds of TB of data daily across thousands of customers
Low level systems debugging, performance measurement & optimization on large production clusters.
Build architecture design, influence product roadmap, and take ownership and responsibility over new projects
Use your deep experience to help prevent and investigate production issues.
Plan and lead complicated technical projects that work with several teams within the company.
What they're looking for
- A strong influencer or driver in the organization’s roadmap and direction.
- Lead a TLG or similar review committee, or initiate and sustain an: org/eng-wide initiative driven by engineering needs.
- Break down complex problems quickly into potential solutions, knowns, and: unknowns, and de-risk (through prototyping/validation).
- Contribute as a Technical Team Lead by mentoring others, lead sprint: planning, delegating work and assignments to team members and participate in project planning.
