Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems
Build and ship features for Databricks’ distributed data platform, contributing across design, development, testing, production rollout, and monitoring. The role requires 3+ years of production experience in Java, Scala, or C++, plus strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, databases, and distributed systems.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Drive requirements clarity and design decisions for ambiguous problems.
- Produce technical design documents and project plans.
- Develop new features.
- Mentor more junior engineers.
- Test and roll out software to production, including monitoring.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience in databases or distributed systems.
- Comfort working toward a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
- Motivation to deliver customer value and impact.
- 3+ years of production-level experience in Java, Scala, or C++.
- Solid foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases.
- Experience with distributed systems, databases, and big data systems such as Apache Spark and Hadoop.
Skills
Java, Scala, C++, Algorithms, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Databases, Big Data, Spark, Hadoop
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