Senior Staff Software Engineer, Observability

Databricks; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 235,000 - 295,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Equity

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Databricks is seeking an experienced Software Engineer for their Observability Team in Mountain View, California. In this role, you will develop solutions that provide insights into the health and performance of our products. Your contributions will support billions of time series and process petabytes of logs daily.

The ideal candidate should possess over 15 years of production-level experience in software development using languages such as Go, Python, or Java, and have a strong understanding of large-scale distributed systems. At Databricks, you will play a crucial role in enhancing monitoring and reliability practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of production-level experience in software development.
• Experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with observability infrastructure and monitoring patterns.

Responsibilities

• Develop observability solutions for product and infrastructure health.
• Build next generation observability platforms supporting billions of time series.
• Mentor engineers and improve reliability practices across the organization.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Scala

Rust

C++

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

RDQ426R299

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business.

Our engineering teams build technical products that fulfill real, important needs in the world. We always push the boundaries of data and AI technology, while simultaneously operating with the security and scale that is important to making customers successful on our platform.

We develop and operate one of the largest-scale software platforms. The fleet consists of millions of virtual machines, generating terabytes of logs and processing exabytes of data per day. At our scale, we observe cloud hardware, network, and operating system faults, and our software must gracefully shield our customers from any of the above.

Observability Team – Software Engineer

As a software engineer in the Observability team, you will develop observability solutions that provide insights into the health and performance of our products and infrastructure.

The impact you'll have:

• You will build the next generation of observability platforms that support billions of active time series and process petabytes of logs daily.
• You will manage infrastructure across nearly a hundred cloud regions, enabling all Databricks engineers and customers to monitor the reliability of our product.
• You will develop advanced workflows that accelerate incident diagnosis for Bricksters, allowing engineers to quickly derive insights from logs and metrics. You will leverage powerful capabilities of Databricks’ own data intelligence platform to push the boundaries of troubleshooting practices in the industry.
• You will uplevel monitoring and reliability practices across Databricks engineering, developing opinionated tools that set common standards for managing structured logs, metrics, alerts, dashboards, and oncall rotations.
• Mentor and uplevel engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence within the team and broader observability community.

What we look for:

• BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field.
• 15+ years of production-level experience in one of: Go, Python, Java, Scala, Rust, C++, or similar languages.
• Experience in software development, in large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience driving large projects involving multiple teams.
• Experience with cloud technologies, e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with observability infrastructure, monitoring patterns, and reliability practices.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed below. For more information regarding which range your location is in, visit our page here.

$235,000 — $295,000 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.