# Senior Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Bengaluru, India
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** Distributed Systems, Algorithms, Data Structures, Performance Optimization, Systems Debugging, Fault-Tolerant Systems, Scalable Systems, Architecture Design, Production Clusters, Prototyping
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> Leads architecture, development, optimization, and operation of highly scalable distributed backend systems processing massive data volumes. The role requires 15+ years of experience, deep systems expertise, technical leadership, cross-team influence, and mentorship.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Solve real business needs at large scale through software engineering.
- Deliver a highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant engine processing hundreds of terabytes of data daily across thousands of customers.
- Debug low-level systems and perform performance measurement and optimization on large production clusters.
- Design architecture, influence the product roadmap, and own new projects.
- Prevent and investigate production issues.
- Plan and lead complex technical projects spanning multiple teams.
- Influence and drive organizational roadmap and direction.
- Lead a technical review committee or initiate and sustain organization-wide engineering initiatives.
- Break down complex problems into potential solutions, knowns, and unknowns, and de-risk them through prototyping and validation.
- Mentor engineers, lead sprint planning, delegate assignments, and participate in project planning.
- Contribute to recruiting and lead high-impact company projects.

## Requirements
- 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience working toward a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
- Motivation to deliver customer value and impact.
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures, including real-world applications.
- Experience driving company initiatives focused on customer satisfaction.
- Deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems.

## Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to regional employee needs.

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