# Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $166k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Spark, Delta Lake, Java, Scala, C++, Distributed Systems, Kubernetes, Aws S3, Azure Blob Store, Hadoop
**Posted:** 2026-01-30

> Senior engineer building distributed data systems like Apache Spark and Delta Lake to handle big data processing, ETL, and data science workloads. Requires 5+ years in Java/Scala/C++ and expertise in distributed systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop Apache Spark, the open source standard for big data.
- Build reliable, high-performance storage services for cloud backends like AWS S3 and Azure Blob Store.
- Implement Delta Lake for scalable data lakes with ACID transactions and time travel.
- Create Delta Pipelines to orchestrate thousands of data pipelines.
- Engineer query optimizers and execution engines for speed and scalability.

## Requirements
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science or equivalent.
- 5+ years production experience in Java, Scala, or C++.
- Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
- Experience with databases and big data systems (Apache Spark, Hadoop).
- Comfortable with multi-year visions and delivering customer impact.

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