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Databricks · 2 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$166K/yr - $225K/yr
date5+ years exp

Databricks is a data and AI company passionate about enabling data teams to solve complex problems through their platform. The role involves building infrastructure and products for the Databricks platform, focusing on scalable backend services that support big data and machine learning workloads.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Resource management infrastructure powering the big data and machine learning workloads on the Databricks platform in a scalable, secure, and cloud-agnostic way
Develop reliable, scalable services and client libraries that work with massive amounts of data on the cloud, across geographic regions and Cloud providers
Build tools to allow Databricks engineers to operate their services across different clouds and environments
Build services, products and infrastructure at the intersection of machine learning and distributed systems

Qualification

JavaScalaC++Distributed systemsSaaS platformCloud technologiesSecurity systemsSQL

Required

BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
5+ 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
Experience with cloud technologies, e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, or Kubernetes
Experience with security and systems that handle sensitive data
Good knowledge of SQL

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
401(k) Plan
Equity awards
Flexible time off
Paid parental leave
Family Planning
Gym reimbursement
Annual personal development fund
Work headphones reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Business travel accident insurance

Company

Databricks

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Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
dateFounded in 2013
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size5001-10000 employees
web-link
https://www.databricks.com

H1B Sponsorship

Databricks has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (385)
2024 (319)
2023 (227)
2022 (222)
2021 (166)
2020 (64)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$25.81B
Key Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B

Leadership Team

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Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
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David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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