Sr. Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks
Aarhus
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Teamwork","Problem-solving"]

Lead backend engineering efforts to design and operate large-scale infrastructure for the Databricks platform, collaborating across multi-region, multi-cloud deployments. Build cloud-agnostic abstractions, improve developer tooling and release pipelines, and drive engineering efficiency with a focus on Rust tooling and cross-team impact.

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Databricks
Databricks
1 year ago

Sr. Software Engineer - Backend

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Job Summary

Lead backend engineering efforts to design and operate large-scale infrastructure for the Databricks platform, collaborating across multi-region, multi-cloud deployments. Build cloud-agnostic abstractions, improve developer tooling and release pipelines, and drive engineering efficiency with a focus on Rust tooling and cross-team impact.
Location: Aarhus
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate with your team to build infrastructure for the Databricks platform at scale.
  • •Build foundational infrastructure platforms to enable seamless operation across geographic regions and cloud providers.
  • •Develop cloud-agnostic infrastructure abstractions to help Databricks engineers manage and operate services.
  • •Develop tools and processes that drive engineering efficiency, including programming languages, linters, static analysis, IDEs, remote development environments, release pipelines, and test automation frameworks (with a current focus on Rust).
  • •Produce clear technical documentation and communicate effectively to drive alignment and decision-making across teams.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional software development experience
  • •Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
  • •Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Java, Scala, or Go
  • •Hands-on experience in developing and operating large-scale, critical distributed backend systems
  • •Demonstrated leadership throughout all project phases, from inception and design to implementation and operations
Experience:5+ yearsDistributed systemsCloud platformsBackend development
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaScalaGoRustKubernetesAWSAzureGCP

Company Brief

Databricks
Provides a unified data analytics platform powered by Apache Spark to simplify building, deploying, and scaling data engineering, data science, and machine learning workloads for enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2013
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