Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & Governance
Core
Senior technical leader driving strategy and execution for Query Observability, SQL Warehouse Management, and Account-Level Observability and Governance teams to build trust in Databricks' multi-tenant data and AI platform.
Role type
Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Technical Lead)
Builds
Performance and observability tooling, history views, execution plans, performance insights, recommendations, and agentic experiences for investigating, diagnosing, and acting on telemetry across query, warehouse, workspace, and account levels.
Domain
Data & AI Platform, Observability, Governance, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale distributed systems architecture, observability/telemetry pipelines, query engines/analytics, distributed tracing/metrics, time-series storage, data governance, large-scale logging systems, systems design, cross-functional technical strategy
Preferred skills
Agentic experiences using LLMs
Technologies
Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, SQL
Responsibilities
Establish long-term technical direction and own multi-year architecture for observability and governance surfaces; Design and lead high-impact projects improving performance, reliability, and cost transparency; Build next-generation agentic observability and governance experiences; Partner with SQL, AI, security, and platform teams for end-to-end visibility; Mentor senior engineers and set technical standards; Champion reliable software and operational practices for high-scale customer support.
Seniority
Sr. Staff, hands-on IC with significant leadership scope
