Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Scalable Data Platform

Databricks; Denmark; On-site; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems powering Databricks workspaces. You will ensure high QPS, low latency, reliability, and performance, while providing technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

You will influence architecture, drive complex projects across multiple teams, and contribute to improving coding practices and system designs at scale.

Qualifications

• 15+ years industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience delivering multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
• Driven by delivering customer value and impact.
• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures.
• Experience driving company initiatives toward customer satisfaction.
• BS/MS/PhD in CS or related majors, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Solve real business needs at large scale by applying software engineering.
• Low level systems debugging, performance measurement, and optimization on large production clusters.
• Build architecture design, influence product roadmap, and take ownership of new projects.
• Mentor junior engineers, lead sprint planning, and guide project delivery.
• Investigate and prevent production issues.
• Plan and lead complicated technical projects that involve several teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Leadership

Algorithm design

Performance optimization

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related majors

Job description

Databricks is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems powering Databricks workspaces. You will ensure high QPS, low latency, reliability, and performance, while providing technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

You will influence architecture, drive complex projects across multiple teams, and contribute to improving coding practices and system designs at scale.