# Software Engineer - Database Engine Internals

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Belgrade, Serbia
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Database Systems, Storage Systems, Distributed Systems, Query Optimization, Query Execution, Vectorized Execution, Data Security, Resource Management, Transaction Coordination, Data Indexing, Spark, Language Design, Performance Optimization
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> Design and develop next-generation database query and storage systems, covering optimization, distributed execution, transactions, and physical data organization. The role requires 5+ years of related systems experience and values expertise in databases, distributed systems, or performance optimization.

## Job Description

## 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 changes to production, including monitoring.

## Focus Areas
- Query compilation and optimization
- Distributed query execution and scheduling
- Vectorized execution engines
- Data security
- Resource management
- Transaction coordination
- Efficient storage structures, including encodings and indexes
- Automatic physical data optimization

## Requirements
- Passion for database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, language design, or performance optimization.
- Comfort working toward a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
- Customer-oriented approach and focus on impact.
- 5+ years of experience working in a related system.

## Nice to Have
- PhD in databases or distributed systems.

## Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to employees' needs, with region-specific details available from Databricks.

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