Principal Engineer, Compute Fleet Management
Databricks · Bellevue, Washington · Executive Engineering - Pipeline · listed December 11, 2025
The shape of it
Seniority
Principal
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$264,300 – $322,300 USD
Requirements listed
4
Length
828 words
In the posting’s own words
The Compute Infra Team is the engine behind all of Databricks' products and Control Plane services. We build and scale the foundational compute infrastructure that enables every Databricks customer to succeed, operating one of the largest and most dynamic data and AI clouds in the world.
What it asks for · 4
- Leading Transformative Projects: Taking ownership of complex, cross-team, cross-layer, and multi-quarter strategic engineering initiatives from concept to execution.
- Distributed Systems Mastery: Deep, hands-on experience developing and operating high-scale distributed systems on at least one major public cloud.
- Influence Without Authority: Proven ability to drive consensus, establish technical direction, and lead large technical efforts across organizational boundaries.
- Execution Discipline: Exceptional strength in planning, tracking project progress, and managing complex cross-organizational dependencies.
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- Distributed systems3×
- AWS2×
- Azure2×
- GCP2×
Data
- Databricks6×
Models & research
- GPU
- Machine learning
Security & compliance
- Security
Words the posting leans on
- cloud8×
- compute6×
- experience5×
- customer4×
- data4×
- efficiency4×
- fleet4×
- infrastructure4×
- workloads4×
- distributed systems3×
- isolation3×
- lead3×
- operating3×
- technical3×
- world3×
- achieve2×
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