Distributed Database Engine Engineer

Databricks Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks Inc. is seeking a PhD-level expert to join the Database Engine Team in San Francisco.

You will design and optimize core database and storage systems, focusing on query compilation, distributed execution, and high-performance vectorized processing across multi-cloud environments. Ideal candidates have deep passion for databases, storage, and distributed systems, and are motivated to deliver tangible customer value.

Qualifications

• PhD in databases or systems.
• A passion for database, storage and distributed systems.
• 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

Distributed systems

Language design

Performance optimization

Education

PhD in databases or systems

Job description

Databricks Inc. is seeking a PhD-level expert to join the Database Engine Team in San Francisco.

You will design and optimize core database and storage systems, focusing on query compilation, distributed execution, and high-performance vectorized processing across multi-cloud environments. Ideal candidates have deep passion for databases, storage, and distributed systems, and are motivated to deliver tangible customer value.