Staff Software Engineer - Database Engine Internals

Acknowledgements

The mission at Databricks is to simplify the data lifecycle from ingestion to ETL, BI, and ML/AI using a unified platform. The new architecture, inspired by the Lakehouse pattern, aims to address data staleness, reliability, and cost issues.

Team Focus

• Query compilation and optimization
• Distributed query execution and scheduling
• Vectorized execution engine
• Data security
• Resource management
• Transaction coordination
• Efficient storage structures (encodings, indexes)
• Automatic physical data optimization

Qualifications

• A passion for database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, language design, or performance optimization
• Experience working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables
• Motivated by delivering customer value and impact
• 8+ years of experience working in a related system (preferred)
• Optional: PhD in databases or distributed systems

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About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. Over 10,000 organizations worldwide, including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500, rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics, and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake, and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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