Sr Platform Monitoring Engineer

Openkrill; United States; Teletrabalho; USD 130 000 - 178 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Databricks is seeking a Tech Lead to shape platform observability, incident response, and proactive monitoring for the Databricks Platform across cloud environments. You will lead complex investigations, design observability solutions, and drive improvements to enhance reliability and customer experience.

The role requires strong SRE/DevOps expertise, hands-on tooling with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Python automation, and a track record of improving incident response.

Qualificações

• 6+ years in SRE/DevOps/Production Engineer roles.
• Production-level cloud experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on monitoring, logging and alerting with ELK/Prometheus/Grafana/PagerDuty.
• Strong Python for automation and tooling.
• Experience with incident lifecycle from detection to post-mortem analysis.
• BS/MS/PhD in CS/CE or related engineering field.

Responsabilidades

• Lead platform incident investigations and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Perform post-incident root cause analyses to prevent recurrence.
• Design and implement alerting pipelines and end-to-end observability workflows.
• Build automation to close reliability gaps and improve customer experience.
• Mentor junior engineers on observability patterns and health metrics.
• Participate in on-call rotation.

Conhecimentos

SRE/DevOps

Cloud providers

Docker/Kubernetes

Monitoring tools

Python

Formação académica

BS/MS/PhD in CS/CE or related field

Ferramentas

ELK

Prometheus

Grafana

PagerDuty

Descrição da oferta de emprego

At Databricks, we are passionate about empowering data teams to tackle the world’s most challenging problems — from bringing the next mode of transportation to reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We achieve this by building and operating the world’s best data and AI infrastructure platform, enabling our customers to leverage deep data insights and enhance their business. Founded by engineers — and customer-obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to tackle technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started.

We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead to shape the future of platform observability and proactive monitoring. This is a high-impact technical role for someone who thrives at the intersection of platform reliability, incident response, and customer obsession.You will serve as a critical first responder for the Databricks Platform, leading complex investigations, designing observability solutions, and driving systemic improvements that enhance customer experience and platform stability.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing monitoring solutions, alerting mechanisms, and customer-focused incident detection tools. They will also work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to investigate and resolve incidents, perform root cause analyses, and propose solutions to improve the reliability and stability of the Databricks Platform.

The impact you will have:

• Lead platform incident investigation, coordinating cross-functional teams through rapid detection, mitigation, and resolution to minimize customer impact.
• Conduct thorough post-incident root cause analysis across infrastructure, services, and cloud providers to identify systemic patterns and prevent future occurrences.
• Design and implement customer-focused alerting pipelines and end-to-end observability workflows to enhance detection coverage and reduce mean time to detection.
• Build automation tools, establish reusable monitoring patterns, and resolve reliability gaps that directly impact customer experience.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers on observability patterns, alert design, and service health metrics.
• Participate in on-call rotation

What we look for:

• Minimum of 6 years of experience as an SRE, DevOps Engineer, Production Engineer, or similar role.
• Production-level experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) and proficiency in container and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty, etc. Ability to architect monitoring solutions that correlate metrics, logs, and traces.
• Strong proficiency in Python or similar languages with the ability to build production-quality automation tools.
• Experience owning critical phases of the incident lifecycle from detection through resolution and post-mortem analysis in demanding production environments.
• BS or Master's, or PhD in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or related Engineering field.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base 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 anticipated 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 above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.

Zone 1 Pay Range$144,600-$198,900 USD

Zone 2 Pay Range$130,200-$178,950 USD

Zone 3 Pay Range$123,000-$169,050 USD

Zone 4 Pay Range$115,700-$159,050 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

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 click here.

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.

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