Software Engineer - Backend
Build scalable backend infrastructure and products for the Databricks platform, including distributed services, cloud-storage systems, data pipelines, and usage-pricing infrastructure. The role requires a computer science degree, production experience in a systems language, and experience with distributed systems and SaaS platforms.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build infrastructure and products for the Databricks platform at scale.
- Design and develop distributed systems, large-scale service architectures, monitoring, workflow orchestration, and developer-experience solutions.
- Deliver reliable, high-performance services and client libraries for storing and accessing large amounts of data on cloud storage backends such as AWS S3 and Azure Blob Store.
- Build scalable services using technologies such as Scala and Kubernetes.
- Develop data pipelines using technologies such as Apache Spark and Databricks.
- Power pricing infrastructure serving millions of cluster-hours per day.
- Develop product features that help customers view and control platform usage.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
- 2+ years of production-level experience in Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language.
- Experience developing large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience working on a SaaS platform or with service-oriented architectures.
- Good knowledge of SQL.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks tailored to employees' regional needs.
Skills
Java, Scala, C++, SQL, Kubernetes, Spark, Databricks, Aws S3, Azure Blob Storage, Distributed Systems, SaaS, Service-Oriented Architecture
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