# Senior Staff Software Engineer - App and Partner Ecosystem

**Company:** [Databricks](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/databricks)
**Location:** Seattle, WA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $217k – $299k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Spark, Flink, SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Terraform, Rest, GraphQL, gRPC, AWS
**Posted:** 2026-02-01

> Defines vision, architecture, and strategy for Databricks' app and partner ecosystem. Builds frameworks, APIs, and tools for seamless integrations; leads engineering teams and requires 10+ years in data-intensive systems.

## Job Description

## Your Impact
- Define and drive the ecosystem strategy for Databricks, a crucial pillar of our platform growth. Shape how applications and integrations enhance the Databricks experience for developers, partners, and customers.
- Develop frameworks, APIs, and tools that make it seamless for partners and developers to build, integrate, and scale applications within the Databricks ecosystem.
- Enable customers to integrate cutting-edge applications and specialized functionalities, helping them drive competitive differentiation and expand their AI and data capabilities.
- Lead and mentor engineers across teams, providing technical guidance, architectural direction, and career development support. Foster a culture of innovation, best practices, and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business development teams to align technical roadmaps with strategic business goals.
- Engage with open-source communities and advocate for best practices in application development, data processing, and ecosystem enablement.
- Represent Databricks at industry events and conferences, influencing the broader data and AI landscape while engaging with partners, customers, and developers to shape the future of our platform.

## What We’re Looking For
- Deep passion for and knowledge of the broad data and AI industry. Experience contributing to open-source projects and engaging with developer communities is a plus.
- **10+ years of experience** building data-intensive applications or systems. Strong expertise in database systems (**SQL, NoSQL, OLAP/OLTP**) and big data processing (**Apache Spark™, Flink**). Experience designing high-performance APIs (**REST, GraphQL, gRPC**) and managing integrations.
- Strong understanding of data security, governance, and compliance frameworks (**RBAC, GDPR, HIPAA**), as well as cloud infrastructure (**AWS, Azure, GCP**), **Kubernetes**, **Terraform**, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong leadership skills with experience driving cross-functional and cross-organizational (e.g. external partners) initiatives.
- Ability to mentor engineers, influence architectural decisions, and advocate for best practices.
- Excellent communication skills to evangelize Databricks' ecosystem vision internally and externally.
- Bias for action and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions.

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