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Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks
Berlin, Germany
20 days ago
full-time

Skills & Technologies

JavaC++CScalaBackendDistributed SystemsSQLAWSAzureKubernetesS3SaaSCloudSparkDatabricksAIPricing

Job Description

P-1328

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started.

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.

The impact you'll have

Our backend teams span many domains across our essential service platforms. For instance, you might work on challenges such as:

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.

What we look for

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.

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 org

Company & Role Analysis

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Likely perks
Private MedicalPension25+ Days HolidayStock OptionsLearning BudgetFlexible Hours
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Market salary range

£45,000 – £60,000 (Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, 2025)

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