Distributed Data Engine Engineer

Databricks Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is expanding the Database Engine Team to design and implement across areas that leapfrog current state-of-the-art systems, including query compilation, distributed execution, vectorized processing, and storage optimization.

We seek candidates with a PhD in databases or systems who are passionate about database/storage architectures and performance, and who are motivated by delivering real customer value in a cross-cloud environment.

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

Performance optimization

Distributed systems

Education

PhD in databases or systems

Job description

Databricks is expanding the Database Engine Team to design and implement across areas that leapfrog current state-of-the-art systems, including query compilation, distributed execution, vectorized processing, and storage optimization.

We seek candidates with a PhD in databases or systems who are passionate about database/storage architectures and performance, and who are motivated by delivering real customer value in a cross-cloud environment.