# Senior Software Engineer - Ingestion

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Bengaluru, India
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Java, Scala, C++, Distributed Systems, Database Replication, Transaction Recovery, Backend Systems, Performance Optimization, Production Operations
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> Build scalable, fault-tolerant data ingestion systems for Lakeflow Connect, processing hundreds of terabytes daily across thousands of customers. The role requires 5+ years of production software engineering experience, distributed-systems expertise, and hands-on backend development.

## 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 TB of data daily across thousands of customers.
- Perform low-level systems debugging, performance measurement, and optimization on large production clusters.
- Build architecture designs, influence the product roadmap, and take ownership of new projects.
- Use deep technical experience to help prevent and investigate production issues.
- Plan and lead complicated technical projects involving several teams.
- Break down complex problems into potential solutions, knowns, and unknowns, and de-risk them through prototyping and validation.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
- 5+ years of production-level experience with Python, Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language.
- Experience developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch.
- Hands-on experience developing and operating backend systems.
- Ability to contribute throughout project phases, from design and development through implementation and ongoing operations, with guidance from senior team members.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with database replication, backup, or transaction recovery at a major database vendor such as Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle.

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