Sr. Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Sr. Software Engineer (AI): Evaluating product and feature performance, identifying bottlenecks, and partnering with engineers to solve scalability issues. Focus on setting performance targets, developing benchmarks, and performing deep dive analysis for Databricks products.

Location: $166,000—$225,000 USD

Salary: $166,000—$225,000 USD

Company

Databricks is the data and AI company that unifies and democratizes data, analytics and AI.

What you will do

• Identify performance limitations of the entire stack based on telemetry, customer signals, PoCs, and competitive benchmarks.
• Set performance expectations for cross-cutting efforts through specialized benchmarks.
• Understand the performance characteristics of compute instance types, storage layers, and all cloud services Databricks depends on.
• Work with customers to root cause and mitigate performance problems during production, previews, and POCs.

Requirements

• BS (or higher degree) in Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in the performance analysis discipline.
• Experience in software development, preferably in large scale distributed systems
• Ability to measure and document the impact of performance features to existing customers.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with developers and field engineers to facilitate triaging and mitigation of performance problems.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees.
• Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel.
• Inclusive hiring practices that meet equal employment opportunity standards.