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Senior Staff Software Engineer
About the role
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Backend) at Databricks focuses on building and scaling distributed systems to support enterprise data and AI workloads. The role drives architecture, performance, and reliability at scale while mentoring senior engineers and leading cross‑team initiatives.
What you’ll do
- Solve real business needs at large scale.
- Debug low-level systems and optimize performance.
- Design architecture and influence roadmap.
- Lead complex technical projects across teams.
- Mentor engineers and lead sprint planning.
- Drive company initiatives for customer satisfaction.
What you’ll bring
- 15+ years building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
- Deep expertise in performance optimization and fault tolerance.
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures.
- Experience driving company initiatives toward customer satisfaction.