Databricks · 3 days ago
Software Engineer - Performance PhD Candidates
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$150K/yr - $190K/yrDatabricks is a data and AI company that helps data teams solve complex problems by providing a robust data and AI infrastructure platform. The role of Performance Engineer involves evaluating product performance, identifying bottlenecks, and collaborating with teams to enhance scalability and performance across the entire software stack.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data IntegrationData ManagementData StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
You will identify performance limitations of the entire stack based on telemetry, customer signals, POCs, and benchmarks to result in the best performing system across the industry, when resolved. Impact spans all cloud providers and all major areas
You will set the performance expectations for all cross-cutting efforts early on through specialized benchmarks capturing the intended customer user journeys, and make sure they are met before deployed to customers
You will understand the performance characteristics of the compute instance types, storage layers, and all cloud services Databricks depends on and deploy solutions to meet the customer demand
You will work with customers to root cause and reduce performance problems during production, previews, and POCs
Qualification
Required
PhD in databases or systems
Knowledge of database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, and performance optimization
Motivated by delivering customer value and influence
Benefits
Eligibility for annual performance bonus
Equity
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
Founded in 2013
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25.81BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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