Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform
About the role
The Web Platform team at Databricks builds and owns the public-facing web experiences that represent Databricks to the world. We are rebuilding the platform from the ground up, AI-native from the start, and pioneering an agentic SDLC as our operating model.
Responsibilities
- Define the technical roadmap for the web platform: component systems, rendering architecture, CMS, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling, built AI-native from the start.
- Influence technical leaders across the organization on shared architectural decisions and contribute to the broader north star for AI-native engineering at Databricks.
- Pioneer an AI-native SDLC by applying agentic unlocks across code generation, testing, review, deployment, and production monitoring.
- Define the evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and feedback loops that make agentic workflows reliable and production-grade.
- Mentor and grow engineers on the team, setting the standard for what AI-native thinking and execution looks like in practice.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of technical leadership and impact.
- 3+ years of engineering leadership experience, serving as the technical owner for the software systems owned by your team.
- Proven track record as a technical leader of a web platform, with direct ownership across design systems, rendering frameworks, and understanding of edge delivery, CI/CD and infrastructure.
- Deep hands-on expertise across the full web stack like React, TypeScript, Node.js.
- Demonstrated ability to make and execute multi-layer architectural decisions on a live production platform.
- A clear point of view on AI-native software development and a track record of building toward it.
- Familiarity with agentic systems or LLM-powered tooling is a strong plus.
- Strong ability to influence technical leaders and drive alignment across engineering and business stakeholders.
- History of driving technical transformation with rigor and execution discipline: stack consolidation, or platform-level standards adoption at scale.
Qualifications
- Pay Range Transparency
The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.
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Zone 1 Pay Range $198,200—$272,600 USD
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees.
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Pay
Pay Range Transparency
The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.
For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.
Zone 1 Pay Range $198,200—$272,600 USD
Schedule
Not specified