Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks

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• Develop reliable, high-performance backend services and distributed systems for Databricks' Lakehouse Platform, handling data storage and access across cloud providers like AWS, S3, GCS, and Azure. • Lead foundational work as a founding team member at the Berlin site, contributing to product architecture, service infrastructure, workflow orchestration, and developer experience across multiple domains. • Requires BS in Computer Science or related field plus 5+ years of production experience with Java, Scala, C++, or similar languages, with expertise in large-scale distributed systems and SaaS platforms. • Solve complex engineering challenges spanning distributed systems, at-scale service architecture, monitoring, and secure data access for customers including Comcast, Condé Nast, and over 50% of Fortune 500 companies. • Comprehensive benefits and perks available (details vary by region); work at a company founded by creators of Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow with global offices.

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At Databricks, we are passionate about helping data teams 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.

Founded by engineers, Databricks has started a multi-year journey to build the best Lakehouse Platform. For this we are building on top of a great foundation but our goal is to go further to build dramatically better products. We want to revisit every component to provide our customers with the fastest, easiest to use and most secure data platform for all their data workloads.

As a software engineer, you will join as a founding member of not only the Berlin site, but really as a founding team for our multi-year journey to achieve our Lakehouse vision. You will be involved in the entire development cycle and exemplify all core Databricks values.

The impact you'll have:

Our backend teams span many domains across our essential service platforms. For instance, you might work on challenges such as:

Problems that span from product to infrastructure including: distributed systems, at-scale service architecture and monitoring, workflow orchestration, and developer experience.
Build reliable, secure and high performance services and client libraries for storing and accessing humongous amount of data on cloud storage backends, e.g., AWS S3, GCS, Azure Blob Store.
Develop product features that empower our customers to easily store and access their data.

What we look for:

BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
5+ years of production level experience in one of: Java, Scala, C++, or similar language.
Experience developing large-scale distributed systems.
Experience working on a SaaS platform or with Service-Oriented Architectures.
Knowledge of SQL.

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. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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.

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Skills

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Job Information

Company:
Databricks
Location:
Berlin, Germany
Job Type:
Full-Time
Experience Level:
Senior
Source:
Greenhouse
Status:
Active

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