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DatabricksDatabricksBellevue, WA

Staff Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure

Staff Software Engineer and Tech Lead designing and building compute abstractions, workload orchestration, and fleet management systems that power Databricks' infrastructure across major clouds.

181k – 226k/yr
On-site10+ YOEDevOps / SRE

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Develop the compute abstractions that provide powerful capabilities for all Databricks workloads, enabling engineers to build world-class products with high velocity and best-in-class performance
  • Design the workload orchestration and scheduling systems that orchestrates all types of workloads (serving, batch, stateful, GPU) with high performance and efficiency
  • Scale the fleet management systems that launch and configure millions of VMs every day across cloud providers
  • Raise the technical and operational bar through strong design practices, testing, and a culture of engineering excellence and platform mindset
  • Lead cross-team initiatives that span product and infrastructure surface areas

Requirements

  • BS (or higher) in Computer Science or related field
  • 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems
  • Strong proficiency in one or more languages such as Java, Scala, Go, or C++
  • Experience with service-oriented architectures and large scale distributed systems
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container/orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Track record of shipping infrastructure that supports mission-critical workloads at scale

Skills

JavaScalaGoC++AWSAzureGCPKubernetesDockerDistributed Systems

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