Senior Software Engineer - Backend
- Salary
- $157,700 - $213,800
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
P-939
(Position Location is open to both our Seattle & Bellevue offices.)
At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems — from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines.
And we're only getting started.
The impact you'll have:
As a software engineer with a backend focus, you will work with your team to build infrastructure and products for the Databricks platform at scale. Our backend teams span many domains, from OS/container systems, to serverless infrastructure, to partner integration, and to machine learning infrastructure.
Below are some example projects and the
- Serverless platform: Build Databricks serverless platform that powers the big data, machine learning and Gen AI workloads. Automatically improve the performance and efficiency of workloads running on the platform while also ensuring they scale to millions of machines across a multi-cloud environment.
- Core cloud platform: Build cutting-edge OS, container and networking technologies that power the entire Databricks infrastructure, from internal infrastructure, to serverful, and to serverless platform. Improve the security, efficiency and reliability across the fleet.
- Partner ecosystem: Build and grow a partner ecosystem for Databricks SQL. Build and offer a variety of toolkits to support partners and customers’ deep and seamless integrations with Databricks. Maintain and nurture productive and beneficial partnerships within the ecosystem.
- Notebook dataplane: Build multi-language multi-user collaborative REPL experience for Databricks users with high level of reliability and responsiveness, with a focus on Data Science and AI/ML authoring and experimentation experiences in notebooks.
- Application platform. Build tools, frameworks and platforms to allow Databricks engineers to build, deploy and operate services with "batteries included". Improve the scale, observability and safety of all Databricks services across different clouds while improving every engineer's developer experience.
What we look for:
- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of production level experience in one of: Java, Scala, Golang, C++, or similar language
- Experience developing large-scale distributed systems
- Experience working on a SaaS platform or with Service-Oriented Architectures
- Experience with cloud technologies, e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, or Kubernetes
- Experience with security and systems that handle sensitive data
Pay Range Transparency
Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. 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.
Local Pay Range
$157,700—$213,800 USD
Databricks's standard text
About Databricks
Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.
Benefits
At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
Compliance
If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
C++ · Generative AI · Golang · Serverless
Rare in Databricks's other 299 open postings.
Standard for backend roles
AWS · Java · Kubernetes
Common in backend postings at any company.
In most of Databricks's ads
Unity
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
74% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Databricks's standard text, folded away below.
Read against Databricks's other open postings on this site.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 44 open in Engineering. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in June: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Databricks (44 of 44), Unity (44 of 44), Azure (20 of 44), AWS (16 of 44), GCP (15 of 44), Machine Learning (13 of 44), LLM (12 of 44)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Sr. Manager, Engineering - AI/BI posted Oct 2
- Senior Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure posted Sep 14
- Staff Software Engineer – Genie One Mobile & Desktop posted Sep 9
- Engineering Manager, App Traffic posted Sep 9
- Senior Engineering Manager for Self-Serve (Learning) posted Aug 21
- Engineering Manager, CustomerLake Profile Agents posted Aug 13
- Staff Software Engineer- Foundation Model Inference posted Jul 24
- Sr Software Engineer- CXI posted Jul 15
- Senior Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform posted Jul 15
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform posted Jul 15
- Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Applications posted Jul 15
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, CustomerLake (ML/LLM) posted Jun 30
- Engineering Manager, Serverless Compute Platform posted Jun 22
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Runtime posted Jun 8
- Senior Software Engineer, AI Runtime posted Jun 8
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Search posted Jun 4
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & Governance posted Jun 2
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & Governance posted Jun 2
- Sr. Manager, Engineering Configuration Platform Team posted May 28
- Senior Staff Applied AI Engineer - Context Retrieval posted May 7
- Sr Staff Production Engineer- Public Sector posted Apr 22
- Staff Production Engineer- Public Sector posted Apr 22
- Staff Software Engineer- Public Sector posted Apr 21
- Sr. Engineering Manager - Agentic Service Platform posted Apr 20
- Staff Backend Software Engineer- (Databricks AI) posted Mar 31
- Engineering Manager - Databricks SQL Control Plane posted Mar 20
- Staff Backend Software Engineer posted Mar 18
- Sr. Engineering Manager - Customer Experience Intelligence (CXI) posted Feb 25
- Staff Software Engineer - Backend posted Jan 29
- Sr. Software Engineer- Backend posted Jan 16
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Money Team posted Nov 12
- Senior Software Engineer, Model Serving posted Oct 14
- Sr Software Engineer-Networking posted Oct 14
- Sr Software Engineer-Networking posted Oct 14
- Sr. Engineering Manager - Notebook Dataplane posted Sep 29
- Manager, Engineering - AI/BI posted Sep 19
- Senior Engineering Manager for Workspace Platform posted Jun 12
- Sr. Manager, Engineering - Search posted Apr 15
- Senior Software Engineer - Partner Ecosystem posted Apr 3
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - App and Partner Ecosystem posted Mar 19
- Sr Designated Support Engineer posted Jan 30
- Senior Manager, Infrastructure Data Science posted Nov 18
- Senior Manager, Infrastructure Data Science posted Nov 18
From the team and dates on Databricks's own job board.
Salary context
14 other open postings titled Senior Software Engineer - Backend state a salary: median USD 163,000 to USD 235,800 a year.
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