Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks · Belgrade, Serbia · Engineering - Pipeline · listed May 28, 2025

The shape of it

Seniority
Staff
Experience asked
8+ years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
5
Length
560 words

In the posting’s own words

As a software engineer, you will join as a founding member of not only the Belgrade 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.

What it asks for · 5

  • BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
  • 8+ 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

What the job covers

  • 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.

Degree language

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

Tools and skills named

Cloud & infra
  • Distributed systems2×
  • AWS
  • Azure
Data
  • Databricks3×
  • Data warehouse
Languages
  • C++
  • Java
  • Scala
  • SQL
Go to market
  • SaaS

Words the posting leans on

  • data8×
  • platform5×
  • experience4×
  • build3×
  • customers3×
  • product3×
  • service3×
  • architecture2×
  • backend2×
  • building2×
  • development2×
  • distributed systems2×
  • engineer2×
  • founding2×
  • infrastructure2×
  • multi-year journey2×

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