{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"7bc000cc60c68835cb76d4df","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7bc000cc60c68835cb76d4df","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/7bc000cc60c68835cb76d4df","title":"Senior Staff Software Engineer","description":"P-1091\nAbout the Team\nThe Databricks SQL Experience team at Databricks focuses on creating an incredible data analytics, discovery and governance experience on top of the Databricks platform. They develop highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant SaaS services that manage high production traffic and leverage AI technology to manage complex workflows for large enterprise customers.\nMission\nOur mission is to enable Databricks users to create, discover, share, and govern their data assets by delivering simple and efficient tools that leverage rich metadata and AI strengths. We provide organizations with deep insights into their assets to help them collaborate effectively and make data-driven decisions.\nOutcomes\nAs the senior technical lead, you will help the team achieve the mission by driving the technical direction of highly scalable and performant data and AI systems, working across partner teams to create technical clarity and alignment, and collaborating with senior leadership to build the product strategy and roadmap.\nYou will report to the Director of Engineering.\nWhat You’ll Do\nSolve real business needs at large scale by applying your deep technical knowledge and analytical skills.\nBuild architecture design, influence product roadmap, and take ownership and responsibility over new projects.\nLow-level systems debugging, performance measurement & optimization on large production clusters.\nIntroduce tools to allow greater automation and operability of services.\nUse your deep experience to help prevent and investigate production issues.\nPlan and lead complicated technical projects that work with several teams within the company.\nContribute as a Technical Team Lead by mentoring others, lead sprint planning, delegating work and assignments to team members and participate in project planning.\nRequirements\nDescribe what this executive needs to have proven experience in to accomplish in this role.\nBS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.\n10+ years of hands-on experience developing highly scalable distributed systems\n5+ years of technical leadership experience building complex production systems\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with a demonstrable bias toward action.\nAbility to effectively collaborate and communicate with technical peers and cross-functional partners.\n\nWhat We Look For\n15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.\nExperience with distributed systems, databases, and big data systems (Apache Spark, Hadoop).\nComfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.\nMotivated by delivering customer value and impact.\nStrong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases.\nExperience driving company initiatives towards customer satisfaction.\nPlease Note: Fraudulent job postings and job scams are increasingly common. Due to reports of phishing, we’re requesting that all Databricks applicants apply through our official Careers page at databricks.com/company/careers. All official communication from Databricks will come from email addresses ending with @databricks.com or @goodtime.io (our meeting tool).\"\nPay Range Transparency\nDatabricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.\n\nLocal Pay Range\n$232,000—$313,000 USD\nAbout Databricks\nDatabricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.\n\nBenefits\n\nAt Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.\n\nOur Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion\nAt Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. 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