Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks · Mountain View, California · Engineering - Pipeline · listed December 20, 2022

The shape of it

Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
5+ years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$166,000 – $225,000 USD
Requirements listed
7
Length
713 words

In the posting’s own words

As a software engineer with a backend focus, you will work with your team to build infrastructure and products for the Databricks platform at scale.

What it asks for · 7

  • 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.
  • Experience with cloud technologies, e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes.
  • Experience with security and systems that handle sensitive data.
  • Good knowledge of SQL.

What the job covers

  • Resource management infrastructure powering the big data and machine learning workloads on the Databricks platform in a scalable, secure, and cloud-agnostic way
  • Develop reliable, scalable services and client libraries that work with massive amounts of data on the cloud, across geographic regions and Cloud providers
  • Build tools to allow Databricks engineers to operate their services across different clouds and environments
  • Build services, products and infrastructure at the intersection of machine learning and distributed systems.

Degree language

  • BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field

Tools and skills named

Cloud & infra
  • Distributed systems2×
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
Data
  • Databricks4×
Languages
  • C++
  • Java
  • Scala
  • SQL
Models & research
  • Machine learning3×
Go to market
  • SaaS
Product & design
  • User experience
Security & compliance
  • Security

Words the posting leans on

  • data7×
  • infrastructure7×
  • experience5×
  • platform5×
  • services5×
  • cloud4×
  • build3×
  • engineers3×
  • machine learning3×
  • backend2×
  • challenges2×
  • customer2×
  • distributed systems2×
  • management infrastructure2×
  • products2×
  • resource management2×

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