Senior Staff Backend Engineer, Large-Scale Data Platform

Databricks; Zürich; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our backend team in Zürich. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems for our data and AI platform. You will also lead technical projects and mentor junior engineers, ensuring high performance and reliability.

With over 15 years of industry experience and a background in large-scale distributed systems, you will influence product roadmaps and help prevent and investigate production issues.

Qualifications

• 15+ years industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases.
• Comfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems.
• Build the next-generation platform for serving workspace assets.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Algorithms and data structures

Performance measurement and optimization

Technical leadership

Low level systems debugging

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our backend team in Zürich. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems for our data and AI platform. You will also lead technical projects and mentor junior engineers, ensuring high performance and reliability.

With over 15 years of industry experience and a background in large-scale distributed systems, you will influence product roadmaps and help prevent and investigate production issues.