At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a pioneering team to build the best Lakehouse Platform and tackle technical challenges.
- Company: Databricks, a leader in data and AI infrastructure with a passion for innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team with excellent career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by solving complex problems and enhancing customer experiences.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in software development with expertise in Java, Scala, or C++.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 £ per year.
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 tackle 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.
Founded by engineers, Databricks has started a multi-year journey to build the best Lakehouse Platform. For this, we are building on top of a great foundation but our goal is to go further to build dramatically better products. We want to revisit every component to provide our customers with the fastest, easiest to use and most secure data platform for all their data workloads.
As a software engineer, you will join as a founding member of not only the London site, but really as a founding team for our multi-year journey to achieve our Lakehouse vision. You will be involved in the entire development cycle and exemplify all core Databricks values.
The impact you will 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.
- Build reliable, secure and high performance services and client libraries for storing and accessing humongous amounts of data on cloud storage backends, e.g., AWS S3, GCS, Azure Blob Store.
- Develop product features that empower our customers to easily store and access their data.
- Solve reliability problems related to Lakebase.
- Actively find causes of downtime and systematically improve or remove root causes.
- Help the org define SLIs, meet SLOs, and drive long-term reliability improvements.
What we look for:
- BS degree (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field.
- 8+ 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.
- Knowledge of SQL.
Staff Backend Software Engineer employer: Databricks
Databricks is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and innovative work culture in the heart of London. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, you will have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to mentor others, all while working with cutting-edge data analytics solutions. The collaborative environment encourages creativity and teamwork, making it a rewarding place for those passionate about technology and client engagement.
