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Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform

Databricks· Engineering
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Mountain View, CA$198.2k - $272.6kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Staff Software Engineer on the Web Platform team, building and owning the public-facing web experiences with an AI-native platform. Owns platform layer including web framework, design system, CMS, infrastructure, CI/CD, AI-enabled translation, and SDLC agents. Lead the north star architecture and define technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

  • Define the technical roadmap for the web platform: component systems, rendering architecture, CMS, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling, built AI-native from the start.
  • Influence technical leaders across the organization on shared architectural decisions and contribute to the broader north star for AI-native engineering at Databricks.
  • Pioneer an AI-native SDLC by applying agentic unlocks across code generation, testing, review, deployment, and production monitoring.
  • Define the evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and feedback loops that make agentic workflows reliable and production-grade.
  • Mentor and grow engineers on the team, setting the standard for what AI-native thinking and execution looks like in practice.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of technical leadership and impact.
  • 3+ years of engineering leadership experience, serving as the technical owner for the software systems owned by your team.
  • Proven track record as a technical leader of a web platform, with direct ownership across design systems, rendering frameworks, and understanding of edge delivery, CI/CD and infrastructure
  • Deep hands-on expertise across the full web stack like React, TypeScript, Node.js.
  • Demonstrated ability to make and execute multi-layer architectural decisions on a live production platform
  • Experience sequencing and executing frontend framework migrations without disrupting production
  • A clear point of view on AI-native software development and a track record of building toward it
  • Familiarity with agentic systems or LLM-powered tooling is a strong plus.
  • Strong ability to influence technical leaders and drive alignment across engineering and business stakeholders
  • History of driving technical transformation with rigor and execution discipline: stack consolidation, or platform-level standards adoption at scale

Skills

Required:ReactTypeScriptNode.jsArchitectural decision makingFrontend framework migrations

Benefits

  • Benefits information is available; refer to regional link for specifics.
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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