Senior Backend Engineer - AI Platform & Infra

Databricks; New York (NY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks, the Data and AI company, is hiring across multiple AI Engineering squads to build the infrastructure that powers AI workloads, model training, and vector search. You’ll join a high-visibility team shaping developer experiences on a scalable platform trusted by thousands of customers.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend or infrastructure roles, expert-level skills in Scala/Go/Python, and hands-on experience with distributed systems and cloud-native design.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong programming skills in Scala, Go, or Python.
• Experience with distributed systems, scalable APIs, or cloud-native infrastructure.
• Familiarity with SOA, deployment pipelines, and observability.

Responsibilities

• Build infrastructure powering flagship offerings like MLflow, AI Gateway, and Foundation Model APIs.
• Improve reliability, latency, and efficiency of distributed AI workloads.
• Collaborate with platform, infra, and ML teams to deliver end-to-end experiences.
• Shape how developers and data scientists interact with AI on Databricks.

Skills

Scala

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Tools

MLflow

PyTorch

Ray

Job description

Databricks, the Data and AI company, is hiring across multiple AI Engineering squads to build the infrastructure that powers AI workloads, model training, and vector search. You’ll join a high-visibility team shaping developer experiences on a scalable platform trusted by thousands of customers.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend or infrastructure roles, expert-level skills in Scala/Go/Python, and hands-on experience with distributed systems and cloud-native design.