Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Staff Backend Software Engineer designs, builds, and operates scalable microservices for Databricks' data/AI platform using Scala/Java, Spark, Kafka, and cloud technologies. Requires 10+ years experience in large-scale distributed systems.

182k – 247kSeattle, WABellevue, WABackend EngineeringHybrid10+ YOE

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Example Teams

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Competencies

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field
10+ years of production experience in Java, Scala, C++, or similar
Comfortable working toward multi-year vision with incremental deliverables
Experience architecting, developing, deploying, and operating large-scale distributed systems
Experience with SaaS platforms or Service-Oriented Architectures
Good knowledge of SQL
Experience with software security and sensitive data systems
Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes)

Skills

ScalaJavaSparkApache KafkaKubernetesDockerAWSAzureSQLTerraform

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