Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & Governance

## Responsibilities - Establish the long-term technical direction across query observability, warehouse management, and account-level governance, and own the multi-year architecture all three surfaces are built on. - Design and lead high-impact projects that move the needle on performance, reliability, and cost transparency for customers. - Build the next generation of agentic observability and governance — extensible experiences that let users and automated agents investigate, diagnose, and act on telemetry across query, warehouse, and account. - Partner deeply with Databricks SQL, Unity Catalog, AI, security, and platform teams to integrate end-to-end visibility and governance across the data plane and control plane. - Mentor senior engineers, set the technical standards across the group, and recruit top talent into observability, insights, and governance. - Champion reliable, high-quality software and the operational practices that let a focused team confidently support product surfaces used by tens of thousands of customers. ## Requirements - 12+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems, observability or governance platforms, databases, or backend infrastructure. - A proven track record as a technical leader on teams operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments — driving long-term architecture while still delivering incremental customer impact. - Deep computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, systems design) applied to real-world, high-throughput problems. - Experience with one or more of: observability and telemetry pipelines, query engines and query analytics, distributed tracing and metrics, time-series storage, data governance, or large-scale logging systems. - Strong cross-functional communication skills — able to align engineering, product, and infrastructure partners across multiple teams on technical strategy and trade-offs. - BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience (MS/PhD a plus). ## Nice to Have - Experience building agentic experiences using LLMs. ## Benefits - Competitive salary and total compensation package including annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits. - Opportunities to work with cutting-edge technologies and influence the future of data and AI platforms. - Collaborative and innovative work environment with a focus on customer impact and technical excellence.