Database Engine Engineer - Scale Modern Data Systems

Databricks; Washington; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking a PhD-level Database Engineer to join the Database Engine team in Washington. You will design and implement advanced database and storage systems, tackle distributed query execution, and optimize performance across cloud-scale architectures.

You’ll work on vectorized engines, query compilation and optimization, data security, and efficient storage structures, contributing to a platform used by thousands of customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• PhD in databases or systems.
• A passion for database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, language design, and/or performance optimization
• Motivated by delivering customer value and impact

Responsibilities

• Query compilation & optimization
• Distributed query execution and scheduling
• Vectorized engine execution
• Data security
• Resource Management
• Transaction coordination
• Efficient storage structures (encoding, indexes)
• Automatic physical data optimization

Skills

database systems

storage systems

distributed systems

language design

performance optimization

Education

PhD in databases or systems

Job description

Databricks is seeking a PhD-level Database Engineer to join the Database Engine team in Washington. You will design and implement advanced database and storage systems, tackle distributed query execution, and optimize performance across cloud-scale architectures.

You’ll work on vectorized engines, query compilation and optimization, data security, and efficient storage structures, contributing to a platform used by thousands of customers worldwide.