Senior Engineer, Distributed Data Systems Platform

Databricks; Washington; On-site; USD 182,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the Runtime team. You will build the next generation distributed data storage and processing systems that outperform traditional SQL engines while remaining expressive for ETL, data science, and analytics workloads.

The role emphasizes delivering customer value, working on a multi-year vision with incremental milestones, and leveraging expertise in Java/Scala/C++ within a large-scale data platform.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
• Motivated by delivering customer value and impact.
• 8+ years of production level experience in Java, Scala or C++.
• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases.
• Experience with distributed systems, databases, and big data systems (Apache Spark, Hadoop).

Responsibilities

• Develop the next generation distributed data storage and processing systems.
• Build high-performance services and libraries for cloud storage backends (e.g., S3, Azure).
• Contribute to data-plane storage, Delta Lake, and pipelines to simplify data engineering at scale.
• Help optimize query processing and engine performance for diverse workloads.

Skills

Java

Scala

C++

Distributed systems

Big data systems

Algorithms & data structures

Spark

Hadoop

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Apache Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Databricks is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the Runtime team. You will build the next generation distributed data storage and processing systems that outperform traditional SQL engines while remaining expressive for ETL, data science, and analytics workloads.

The role emphasizes delivering customer value, working on a multi-year vision with incremental milestones, and leveraging expertise in Java/Scala/C++ within a large-scale data platform.