Staff Backend Software Engineer

P-1592

At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data and AI teams to solve the world's toughest problems, from making the next mode of transportation a reality to accelerating medical breakthroughs. 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. Founded by engineers, and customer obsessed, we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started.

As part of the Unity AI Gateway team, you'll build the control plane that every AI request at Databricks passes through: partner and self-hosted models, agents, coding assistants, and MCP servers. It enforces budgets, routes each request to the right model, and applies guardrails inline. Unity AI Gateway is one of our fastest-growing businesses, moving trillions of tokens per week for thousands of customers.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here databricks.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/us-pay-zone-mapping.pdf.

Local Pay Range $190,000—$261,250 USD

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At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here docs.google.com/document/d/154un3e8Xav4BceOSlcYFZRGEuQI54xMxVydRwQn54eQ/edit?usp=sharing.