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Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks
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Bellevue, WA$182.4k - $247kfull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Backend-focused software engineer at Databricks designing, building, and operating micro-services for the Databricks platform and product. Involves Scala/Java development, data pipelines, and cloud integrations across AWS, Azure, and other cloud services.

Responsibilities

  • work closely with team and product management to prioritize, design, implement, test, and operate micro-services for the Databricks platform and product
  • write software in Scala/Java
  • build data pipelines (Apache Spark™, Apache Kafka)
  • integrate with third-party applications
  • interact with cloud APIs (AWS, Azure, CloudFormation, Terraform)

Qualifications

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, or a related field
  • 10+ years of production level experience in one of: Java, Scala, C++, or similar language
  • Comfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables
  • Experience in architecting, developing, deploying, and operating large scale distributed systems
  • Experience working on a SaaS platform or with Service-Oriented Architectures
  • Good knowledge of SQL
  • Experience with software security and systems that handle sensitive data
  • Experience with cloud technologies, e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes

Skills

Required:Scala/JavaDistributed systemsSQLCloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Benefits

  • Benefits details available per region via provided link
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data Intelligence Platform.

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