Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform

About the role

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Staff Software Engineer, AI-Native Web Platform</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">GAQ327R228</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">About Us:</span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Web Platform team at Databricks builds and owns the public-facing web experiences that represent Databricks to the world. We are rebuilding the platform from the ground up, AI-native from the start, and pioneering an agentic SDLC as our operating model.</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Role:</span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As Staff Software Engineer on the Web Platform team, reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will own the platform layer that the rest of the team builds on: web framework, design system, CMS, infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, AI-enabled translation, and SDLC agents.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a rare opportunity to design a web platform for an AI-native world from the ground up. The north star architecture is being defined now and you will be a primary author of it. You will partner with technical leaders across web and marketing engineering, and set the standard for what AI-native platform engineering looks like in practice.</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>The impact you’ll have</strong>:</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Define the technical roadmap for the web platform: component systems, rendering architecture, CMS, CI/CD pipelines, and developer tooling, built AI-native from the start.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Influence technical leaders across the organization on shared architectural decisions and contribute to the broader north star for AI-native engineering at Databricks.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pioneer an AI-native SDLC by applying agentic unlocks across code generation, testing, review, deployment, and production monitoring.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Define the evaluation frameworks, guardrails, and feedback loops that make agentic workflows reliable and production-grade.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mentor and grow engineers on the team, setting the standard for what AI-native thinking and execution looks like in practice.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What we look for:</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">12+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of technical leadership and impact.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3+ years of engineering leadership experience, serving as the technical owner for the software systems owned by your team.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proven track record as a technical leader of a web platform, with direct ownership across design systems, rendering frameworks, and understanding of edge delivery, CI/CD and infrastructure</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Deep hands-on expertise across the full web stack like React, TypeScript, Node.js.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated ability to make and execute multi-layer architectural decisions on a live production platform</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience sequencing and executing frontend framework migrations without disrupting production&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A clear point of view on AI-native software development and a track record of building toward it</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with agentic systems or LLM-powered tooling is a strong plus.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong ability to influence technical leaders and drive alignment across engineering and business stakeholders</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">History of driving technical transformation with rigor and execution discipline: stack consolidation, or platform-level standards adoption at scale</span></li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pay Range Transparency</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 14px;">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.&nbsp; 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 <a href="https://www.databricks.com/sites/default/files/2024-08/us-pay-zone-mapping.pdf">here</a>.<br></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><div class="title">Zone 1 Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$198,200</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$272,600 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>About Databricks</strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);"><a style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);" href="https://twitter.com/databricks" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/databricks&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700237575733000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03FL8fJvOD97ytN02f5G2C">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700237575733000&amp;usg=AOvVaw15dLk3q8VxTfHEgCUg7NSt">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and</span>&nbsp;<a style="color: rgb(255, 54, 33);" href="https://www.facebook.com/databricksinc" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/databricksinc&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1700237575733000&amp;usg=AOvVaw39EcncitnlqV72EG2-RqXJ">Facebook</a></span>.<br><br><strong>Benefits<br><br></strong></span>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 <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/154un3e8Xav4BceOSlcYFZRGEuQI54xMxVydRwQn54eQ/edit?usp=sharing">here</a>.<br><br></p> <p><strong>Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion</strong></p> <p>At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.</p> <p><strong>Compliance</strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.</span></strong></p></div>