Staff Software Engineer - Backend

About the role

At Databricks, a Staff Software Engineer works across Backend, Distributed Data Systems, and Full‑Stack to build and run the world’s best data and AI infrastructure platform. The role is based in Bengaluru, India, and contributes to scaling services that handle massive data workloads.

Key responsibilities

• Design and deliver reliable, high‑performance services and client libraries for storing and accessing huge amounts of data on cloud storage back‑ends such as AWS S3 and Azure Blob Store.
• Build scalable services using Scala, Kubernetes, and data pipelines (e.g., Apache Spark™) that power pricing infrastructure serving millions of cluster‑hours per day.
• Collaborate on distributed systems, at‑scale service architecture, workflow orchestration, and developer experience improvements.

Required profile

• 12+ years of production‑level experience in Python, Java, Scala, C++ or a similar language.
• Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proven experience developing large‑scale distributed systems from scratch.
• Background working on SaaS platforms or Service‑Oriented Architectures.

Required skills

• Python
• Java
• Scala
• C++
• Distributed systems
• Cloud storage (AWS S3, Azure Blob Store)
• Kubernetes
• Apache Spark™
• Data pipelines