Databricks
About this role
The Core Experiences Platforms org in Bangalore owns the platforms behind Workspaces, Notebooks and SQL queries, plus the serving infrastructure that powers the user experiences on top of them. The posting is unusually direct about why it is hiring: Databricks is growing fast, several critical services depend on these platforms, and the systems are being redesigned to handle a 10x to 100x increase in scale. So the work is re architecting existing systems, designing abstractions general enough to cover current and emerging use cases including AI, and cutting platform onboarding from weeks to hours. It asks for 12+ years of production experience in Python, Java, Scala or C++, experience building large scale distributed systems from scratch, and SaaS or service oriented architecture background. Bengaluru.
Who this is for
Required by the posting: 12+ years of production level experience in one of Python, Java, Scala, C++ or a similar language. A BS or higher in Computer Science or a related field. Experience developing large scale distributed systems from scratch. Experience working on a SaaS platform or with service oriented architectures.
The real day to day, as the posting frames the role: complete ownership of multiple platforms, being accountable for scalability, platformisation and reliability; designing serving infrastructure abstractions broad enough to support current and emerging use cases such as AI, determining the right tradeoffs and building consensus across the company; re architecting existing systems to handle a 10x to 100x scale increase; revolutionising platform onboarding to cut it from weeks to hours; developing features that improve product functionality and end user experience; cultivating engineering quality standards; and mentoring junior team members.
The team context: the Core Experiences Platforms org in Bangalore is responsible for the main platforms used to access and interact with core assets including Workspaces, Notebooks and SQL queries, along with the serving infrastructure powering multiple user experiences.
Location: Bengaluru, India, in Databricks India Private Limited.
Honest fit guidance: the posting says it is seeking "exceptional technical leaders with a stellar track record", and the shape of the work backs that up: cross org consensus building, tradeoff decisions and re architecture rather than feature delivery. It is an individual contributor role, with mentoring listed rather than management, but the influence expectations are organisational. If your 12 years are deep but narrow within one team's codebase, expect the consensus and cross functional dimensions to be where interviews focus.
The real day to day, as the posting frames the role: complete ownership of multiple platforms, being accountable for scalability, platformisation and reliability; designing serving infrastructure abstractions broad enough to support current and emerging use cases such as AI, determining the right tradeoffs and building consensus across the company; re architecting existing systems to handle a 10x to 100x scale increase; revolutionising platform onboarding to cut it from weeks to hours; developing features that improve product functionality and end user experience; cultivating engineering quality standards; and mentoring junior team members.
The team context: the Core Experiences Platforms org in Bangalore is responsible for the main platforms used to access and interact with core assets including Workspaces, Notebooks and SQL queries, along with the serving infrastructure powering multiple user experiences.
Location: Bengaluru, India, in Databricks India Private Limited.
Honest fit guidance: the posting says it is seeking "exceptional technical leaders with a stellar track record", and the shape of the work backs that up: cross org consensus building, tradeoff decisions and re architecture rather than feature delivery. It is an individual contributor role, with mentoring listed rather than management, but the influence expectations are organisational. If your 12 years are deep but narrow within one team's codebase, expect the consensus and cross functional dimensions to be where interviews focus.
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