Qualcomm
Staff Data Engineer / Full‑Stack Data Developer (Databricks / Python)
$130K–$195K
San Diego, California · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience; minimum qualifications also state 5+ years of IT-related work experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 7+ years without one, plus 3+ years each in programming, SQL or NoSQL databases, and data structures and algorithms.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; alternatively, 7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor's degree.
About the job
Designs, builds, and operates production data pipelines and Databricks-native applications to support analytics, AI/ML, BI, and data-driven workflows.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, curated data layers, and reusable transformation frameworks.
- Build and support Databricks notebooks, dashboards, APIs, and data-driven applications; optimize their performance, reliability, and security.
- Own production operations, including monitoring, troubleshooting, data quality, and collaboration with analytics, AI/ML, platform, and application teams.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience owning production-grade pipelines and data solutions.
- Strong proficiency in Python, Apache Spark (PySpark), SQL, and data transformation.
- Production Databricks experience, including application development and support of notebooks, dashboards, and data-driven applications.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field with 5+ years of IT-related work experience; OR 7+ years of IT-related work experience without a Bachelor's degree. Also requires 3+ years in programming, SQL or NoSQL databases, and data structures and algorithms.
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS cloud services; exposure to Unity Catalog and governed data sharing.
- Streaming pipeline experience, familiarity with CI/CD and Git-based workflows, or experience enabling BI, AI/ML, or embedded analytics using Databricks.
Pay
$130,000.00 - $195,000.00 (base salary)
Tools
Databricks, Python, Apache Spark, PySpark, SQL, AWS, S3, IAM
AI focus
Builds data pipelines and applications supporting AI/ML use cases, partners with AI teams, and evaluates Databricks GenAI capabilities.
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