Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems
Databricks · San Francisco, California · Engineering - Pipeline · listed April 13, 2023
The shape of it
Seniority
Staff
Experience asked
8+ years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$192,000 – $260,000 USD
Requirements listed
7
Length
922 words
In the posting’s own words
Modern data analysis employs sophisticated methods such as machine learning that go well beyond the roll-up and drill-down capabilities of traditional SQL query engines. As a software engineer on the Runtime team at Databricks, you will be building the next generation distributed data storage and processing systems that can outperform specialized SQL query engines in relational query performance, yet provide the expressiveness and programming abstractions to support diverse workloads ranging from ETL to data science.
What it asks for · 7
- BS in Computer Science, related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- Optional: MS or PhD in databases, distributed systems.
- Comfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
- Driven by delivering customer value and impact.
- 8+ years of production level experience in either 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).
Degree language
- BS in Computer Science, related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- Optional: MS or PhD in databases, distributed systems.
Tools and skills named
Data
- Spark6×
- Databricks4×
- Data pipelines3×
- Data warehouse
- ETL
- Hadoop
Languages
- SQL2×
- C++
- Java
- Scala
Cloud & infra
- Distributed systems2×
- AWS
- Azure
Security & compliance
- Security2×
Go to market
- SaaS
Models & research
- Machine learning
Words the posting leans on
- data19×
- pipelines7×
- systems6×
- customers5×
- engineering4×
- performance4×
- query4×
- scale4×
- storage4×
- world4×
- abstractions3×
- apache spark3×
- building3×
- data pipelines3×
- experience3×
- platform3×
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