Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & Governance

1 hour, 22 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Databricks

Databricks

Databricks is the pioneering data intelligence platform, empowering organizations worldwide to solve complex data challenges with AI-driven analytics solutions.

IT Services
1K-5K
Founded 2013
$4450M raised

Description

  • Establish the long-term technical direction for query observability, warehouse management, and account-level governance.
  • Own the multi-year architecture across query, warehouse, workspace, and account observability surfaces.
  • Design and lead high-impact projects that improve performance, reliability, and cost transparency.
  • Build agentic observability and governance experiences that enable investigation, diagnosis, and action on telemetry.
  • Partner with Databricks SQL, Unity Catalog, AI, security, and platform teams to integrate visibility and governance across the data plane and control plane.
  • Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical standards of the team.
  • Recruit top talent into observability, insights, and governance.
  • Champion reliable, high-quality software and strong operational practices for products used at scale.

Requirements

  • 12+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems, observability or governance platforms, databases, or backend infrastructure.
  • Proven track record as a technical leader in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
  • Experience driving long-term architecture while still delivering incremental customer impact.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, and systems design.
  • Experience with observability and telemetry pipelines, query engines and query analytics, distributed tracing and metrics, time-series storage, data governance, or large-scale logging systems.
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills and ability to align engineering, product, and infrastructure partners.
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
  • MS or PhD is a plus.
  • Bonus: experience building agentic experiences using LLMs.

Benefits

  • Annual performance bonus eligibility.
  • Equity as part of the total compensation package.
  • Salary range of $228,600 to $314,250 USD for Zone 1.
  • Comprehensive benefits and perks offered by Databricks.
  • Compensation determined by skills, experience, certifications, training, and work location.

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