Senior Staff Software Engineer - Networking
Leads the architecture and development of large-scale, multi-cloud networking connectivity and observability platforms supporting Databricks infrastructure. Requires extensive production software engineering and distributed-systems experience, plus expertise in cloud networking, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Define the technical vision and architecture for next-generation network connectivity and observability services managing millions of VMs across multiple clouds.
- Design and own large-scale connectivity platforms connecting the control plane and compute plane.
- Improve the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of compute infrastructure while enabling intelligent and cost-effective cloud resource usage.
- Set technical direction at an organization-wide level.
- Lead complex cross-team initiatives and influence architecture and execution across teams.
- Mentor senior engineers.
- Collaborate with product management, operations, and partner engineering teams to translate business goals into durable, extensible networking systems.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership in ambiguous, multi-cloud distributed-systems problem spaces.
Requirements
- 15+ years of production-level experience with Rust, Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language.
- 10+ years of experience developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch.
- Experience working on a SaaS platform or with service-oriented architectures.
- Experience with cloud networking.
- Experience with Kubernetes.
- Experience with infrastructure automation languages and tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to employees' regional needs.
Skills
Rust, Java, Scala, C++, Distributed Systems, SaaS, Service-Oriented Architecture, Cloud Networking, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation
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