Senior Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure
Databricks · Mountain View, California · Engineering · listed September 14, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
4–5 years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$164,200 – $205,200 USD
Requirements listed
3
Length
618 words
In the posting’s own words
As an engineer on this team, you won’t just manage infrastructure; you will build it as a product. You will tackle the hard problems of distributed systems: sub-second container/MicroVM startup times, multi-tenant security isolation, and building a unified orchestration layer that scales across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
What it asks for · 3
- 5+ years of production-level experience in one of: Python, Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language
- 4+ years of experience developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or MicroVM technologies (e.g., Firecracker) and a strong grasp of cloud provider internals (AWS/Azure/GCP).
What the job covers
- Design and build the next generation of our Serverless platform, focusing on high availability, low latency, and scale-to-zero efficiency.
- Build a single compute stack that supports heterogeneous workloads, including GPU instance qualification for AI training and stateful execution for Lakebase.
- Solve Multi-Cloud Complexity: Develop platform-level abstractions that allow Databricks to run seamlessly across all major cloud providers.
- Optimize everything from the API gateway down to the host-level networking and container orchestration.
- Work alongside industry experts who have built world-class systems like Borg, Kubernetes, and Uber’s infrastructure.
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- AWS2×
- Azure2×
- Distributed systems2×
- GCP2×
- Kubernetes2×
- Docker
- Serverless
Languages
- C++
- Java
- Python
- Scala
Data
- Databricks2×
Frameworks
- REST
Models & research
- GPU
Product & design
- Product strategy
Security & compliance
- Security
Words the posting leans on
- build4×
- cloud4×
- experience4×
- infrastructure3×
- building unified2×
- compute2×
- distributed systems2×
- heterogeneous2×
- kubernetes2×
- layer2×
- multi-cloud2×
- orchestration2×
- product2×
- provider2×
- scale2×
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