Staff Data Scientist, Infrastructure: Scale & Impact

Databricks; California (MO); On-site; USD 192,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks, a Data and AI company, seeks a senior Data Scientist to advance data-driven products and insights. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Technical Operations to translate complex data into strategic actions and scalable tooling.

You will mentor junior scientists, drive production ML initiatives, and represent the data science function at conferences to influence company-wide data strategies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data science, machine learning, analytics in high-velocity environments.
• Experience applying data science/ML in production to build data-driven products.
• Ability to collaborate with Senior stakeholders from Engineering, Product, and Technical Operations.

Responsibilities

• Inform decision making by building robust data science tooling for leaders, analysts, and data scientists.
• Lead insight generation for top company priorities and engineering initiatives (reliability, efficiency).
• Mentor and guide junior data scientists on project planning, technical decisions, and code reviews.
• Represent the data science discipline across the organization with a strong data-driven voice.
• Represent Databricks at academic and industrial conferences and events.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data science

Machine learning

Stakeholder collaboration

Problem solving

Education

MS or PhD in quantitative fields

Tools

Spark

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Databricks, a Data and AI company, seeks a senior Data Scientist to advance data-driven products and insights. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Technical Operations to translate complex data into strategic actions and scalable tooling.

You will mentor junior scientists, drive production ML initiatives, and represent the data science function at conferences to influence company-wide data strategies.