Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Databricks · Amsterdam, Netherlands · Engineering - Pipeline · listed June 8, 2025
The shape of it
Seniority
Staff
Experience asked
7+ years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
5
Length
539 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 · 5
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
- 7+ 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.
- Good 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.
- Deliver reliable and high performance services and client libraries for storing and accessing humongous amount of data on cloud storage backends, e.g., AWS S3, Azure Blob Store.
- Build reliable, scalable services, e.g. Scala, Kubernetes, and data pipelines, e.g. Spark, Databricks, to power the pricing infrastructure that serves millions of cluster-hours per day and develop product features that empower customers to easily view and control platform usage.
Degree language
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- Distributed systems2×
- AWS
- Azure
- Kubernetes
Data
- Databricks3×
- Data pipelines
- Spark
Languages
- Scala2×
- C++
- Java
- SQL
Go to market
- SaaS
Product & design
- User experience
Words the posting leans on
- data6×
- infrastructure5×
- platform5×
- services5×
- experience4×
- backend3×
- customers3×
- e.g3×
- product3×
- architecture2×
- build2×
- challenges2×
- distributed systems2×
- engineer2×
- millions2×
- problems2×
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