Databricks
Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Managed Tables
$229K–$314K
Mountain View, California +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted May 18, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, California
San Francisco, California - Experience
- 15+ years.
- Education
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Design and build scalable managed-table systems and autonomous data optimizations that improve performance, interoperability, and customer value.
What you'll do
- Design and deliver scalable, available, interoperable architecture and storage optimizations for Managed Tables.
- Debug and optimize production systems; build tools for automation and service operability.
- Lead cross-team technical projects, influence architecture and product roadmaps, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases.
- Experience working toward a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Passion for database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, language design, or performance optimization.
- Experience driving company initiatives toward customer satisfaction.
Pay
$228,600 — $314,250 USD (base salary)
Tools
Unity Catalog, Iceberg Rest Catalog API, Predictive Optimization, Liquid Clustering
AI focus
Build autonomous analytical data systems and data intelligence optimizations, including Predictive Optimization and storage-layout solutions for the ML world.
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