Database Engine Engineer - Distributed Systems

Databricks; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a highly skilled engineer for the Database Engine team to advance core storage, query compilation, and distributed execution. You will work on multi-cloud, scalable systems that power data and AI workloads.

Ideal candidates have a PhD in databases or systems and a passion for performance optimization, storage, and language design. You will influence design decisions with a focus on customer value and impact.

Qualifications

• PhD in databases or systems.
• Strong passion for database and distributed systems.
• Motivated by delivering customer value.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement components like query compilation and optimization.
• Develop distributed query execution and scheduling.
• Build vectorized engine execution and storage optimizations.
• Ensure data security and resource management.
• Coordinate transactions and storage structures.

Skills

passion for database systems

distributed systems

language design

performance optimization

customer value and impact

Education

PhD in databases or systems

Job description

Databricks is seeking a highly skilled engineer for the Database Engine team to advance core storage, query compilation, and distributed execution. You will work on multi-cloud, scalable systems that power data and AI workloads.

Ideal candidates have a PhD in databases or systems and a passion for performance optimization, storage, and language design. You will influence design decisions with a focus on customer value and impact.