Databricks
About this role
This is unusually specific infrastructure work: the Partner Ecosystem team builds and maintains the SQL drivers that let external applications connect to Databricks SQL, and the posting states that this integration work powers the majority of the company's data warehousing revenue. The engineering is driver level, optimising for performance, reliability and telemetry, and it includes maintaining open source repositories and engaging with the developer community, so the code is public. Databricks Partner Connect, which lets customers pull their preferred tools into the platform, is part of the same remit. If you like protocol and connectivity problems where correctness and latency both matter and thousands of downstream applications depend on you not breaking anything, this is a better fit than a generic backend role.
Who this is for
The employer asks for 10 or more years of production level experience in one of Python, Java, Scala, C++ or a similar language, plus a BTech or higher in computer science or a related field. The requisition is advertised as Staff or Senior Staff, so the level is assessed rather than fixed.
The day to day: designing, developing and maintaining the SQL drivers that carry the majority of data warehousing traffic, plus the critical infrastructure behind partner integrations; optimising those drivers for performance, reliability and telemetry so partners and enterprise customers get seamless connectivity; maintaining open source repositories and engaging with the developer community; and working with cross functional teams to define technical requirements, architect solutions and implement systems that let partners connect to the platform.
Location is Bengaluru. The posting does not state office days.
Good fit if you enjoy driver, protocol or connectivity engineering and are comfortable working in public on open source repositories where external developers read your code. Not a fit if you want product feature work with a visible user interface, because this layer is invisible to end users by design and is judged on throughput, correctness and not breaking compatibility.
The day to day: designing, developing and maintaining the SQL drivers that carry the majority of data warehousing traffic, plus the critical infrastructure behind partner integrations; optimising those drivers for performance, reliability and telemetry so partners and enterprise customers get seamless connectivity; maintaining open source repositories and engaging with the developer community; and working with cross functional teams to define technical requirements, architect solutions and implement systems that let partners connect to the platform.
Location is Bengaluru. The posting does not state office days.
Good fit if you enjoy driver, protocol or connectivity engineering and are comfortable working in public on open source repositories where external developers read your code. Not a fit if you want product feature work with a visible user interface, because this layer is invisible to end users by design and is judged on throughput, correctness and not breaking compatibility.
Apply on company site
Opens databricks.com, the employer's own application page. Applying is always free.