About the position
At Databricks, we are passionate about helping data teams 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, Databricks has started a multi-year journey to build the best Data Intelligence Platform. For this we are building on top of a great foundation but our goal is to go further to build dramatically better products. From the Storage Engine (data layout, encryption, caching, ...) to the Query Engine (Vectorization, Query Optimization, …), we want to revisit every component to provide our customers with the fastest, easiest to use and most secure data platform for all their data workloads. As a software engineer in the Database Engine Org, you will join as a key member to contribute to Storage optimization products like Liquid Clustering and Predictive Optimization. In addition, you will have opportunities to design and implement in many areas that leapfrog existing systems: Query compilation and optimization Distributed query execution and scheduling Vectorized engine execution Resource Management Transaction coordination Efficient storage structures (encoding, indexes) Automatic physical data optimization You will be involved in the entire development cycle and exemplify all core Databricks values (own-it, data decide, teamwork, customer-obsessed).
Responsibilities
- Drive requirements clarity and design decisions for ambiguous problems
- Produce technical design documents and project plans
- Develop new features
- Mentor more junior engineers
- Test and rollout to production, monitoring
Requirements
- PhD in databases or systems
- A passion for database systems, storage systems, distributed systems, language design, and/or performance optimization
- Motivated by delivering customer value and impact
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees
- Eligibility for annual performance bonus
- Equity
