# Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Mountain View, CA
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $192k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Spark, Java, Scala, C++, Distributed Systems, Delta Lake, Aws S3, Azure Blob Storage, Hadoop, Algorithms
**Posted:** 2026-01-30

> Develops distributed data systems like Apache Spark and Delta Lake at massive scale, ensuring high performance and reliability for exabyte-scale workloads. Requires 8+ years in Java/Scala/C++ and deep distributed systems expertise.

## Job Description

## Key Projects
- **Apache Spark™**: Develop the open source standard for big data processing.
- **Data Plane Storage**: Build services for cloud storage like AWS S3 and Azure Blob Store.
- **Delta Lake**: Create storage layer with ACID transactions and time travel.
- **Delta Pipelines**: Orchestrate thousands of data pipelines.
- **Performance Engineering**: Optimize query engines for speed and scalability.

## Requirements
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent.
- 8+ years production experience in **Java**, **Scala**, or **C++**.
- Strong algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems knowledge.
- Experience with databases and big data systems (**Apache Spark™, Hadoop**).

## Nice-to-Haves
- MS or PhD in databases or distributed systems.
- Comfortable with multi-year visions and customer impact.

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