Staff Software Engineer - Search Platform

P-375

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems. 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.

We are the Search Platform team, responsible for managing a complex system that indexes and enables searching of all user data created on Databricks platform. Our system supports the in-product search feature and various GenAI functionality, acting as a layer for information retrieval, including being the RAG layer for world class Data Intelligence Platform. 

As a Staff Software Engineer on our team, you will be at the forefront of our mission to develop the premier Data Intelligence platform, DatabricksIQ. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage our indexing infrastructure that operates independently across all major cloud platforms.
• Manage distinct real-time and offline indexing for various data types and processes terabytes of data in each region.
• Work on expanding our capabilities by indexing more data, enhancing reliability, and supporting a broader range of use cases beyond just search.
• Collaborate with the team to tackle complex challenges in distributed systems and cutting-edge technologies like vector search, LLM, RAGs.

What we look for:

• BS (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field
• 12+ years of production level experience in one of: Python, Java, Scala, C++, or similar language.
• 10+ years of industry experience developing large-scale distributed systems from scratch
• Experience working on Search platform is a plus
• Experience working on a SaaS platform or with Service-Oriented Architectures.

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 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.
Benefits
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