Full-Time

Senior Staff Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer

Databases

Posted on 7/13/2024

Databricks

Databricks

10,001+ employees

Unified data platform for analytics and AI

No salary listed

Expert

Remote in UK

Fully remote position within the EMEA region.

Fully remote position within the EMEA region.

Fully remote position within the EMEA region.

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Data Structures & Algorithms
Requirements
  • 15+ years industry experience building and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
  • Comfortable working towards a multi-year vision with incremental deliverables.
  • Motivated by delivering customer value and impact.
  • Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases.
  • Experience driving company initiatives towards customer satisfaction.
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
  • Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering.
  • Deliver a highly scalable, available, and fault-tolerant engine processing hundreds of TB of data daily across thousands of customers.
  • Low level systems debugging, performance measurement & optimization on large production clusters.
  • Build architecture design, influence product roadmap, and take ownership and responsibility over new projects.
  • Introduce tools to allow greater automation and operability of services.
  • Use your deep experience to help prevent and investigate production issues.
  • Plan and lead complicated technical projects that work with several teams within the company.
  • Contribute as a Technical Team Lead by mentoring others, lead sprint planning, delegating work and assignments to team members and participate in project planning.

Databricks provides a unified platform that combines data lakes and data warehouses, known as lakehouse architecture, allowing organizations to manage, analyze, and gain insights from their data effectively. The platform is designed for data engineers, data scientists, and business analysts across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and technology. It streamlines data ingestion, management, and analysis through features like automated ETL processes, secure data sharing, and high-performance analytics. Additionally, Databricks supports machine learning and AI workloads, enabling users to build and deploy models at scale. Unlike many competitors, Databricks operates on a subscription-based model, generating revenue through platform access and professional services. The company's goal is to empower organizations to leverage their data for better decision-making and insights.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$19.3B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2013

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Databricks secured $15B in Series J funding for AI product development and expansion.
  • Growing demand for data lakehouse solutions boosts Databricks' market position.
  • Increased investment in AI and data analytics startups drives industry innovation.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from Snowflake threatens Databricks' market share.
  • Technical challenges in integrating Neon's serverless Postgres may delay feature rollouts.
  • Significant debt financing could strain financial resources if revenue growth lags.

What makes Databricks unique

  • Databricks offers a unified platform combining data lakes and warehouses, known as lakehouse.
  • The platform supports collaborative data science and machine learning workflows.
  • Databricks integrates with various cloud services for seamless data management and analysis.

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Benefits

Extended health care including dental and vision

Life/AD&D and disability coverage

Equity awards

Flexible Vacation

Gym reimbursement

Annual personal development fund

Work headphones reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Business travel accident insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

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PRWeb
Jun 26th, 2025
Databricks Awards RadiantGraph $1M Grand Prize in Built-on Databricks Startup Challenge

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- RadiantGraph, the AI-powered platform for personalized healthcare engagement, today announced it has been named the Grand Prize winner of the Built-on Databricks Startup Challenge. Databricks selected RadiantGraph from a global pool of innovators for its ability to deliver real-world impact using Databricks' Data Intelligence Platform to unify complex healthcare data and drive personalized outreach at scale. SAN FRANCISCO June 26, 2025 The award includes up to in Databricks credits, in capital and a featured breakout session at the Data + AI Summit. The funds will continue to support expansion of the company's AI platform capabilities, driving scalable growth within health plans and health service organizations. "We are honored to be recognized by Databricks for our vision and the impact we are having on healthcare," said Anmol Madan , CEO and founder of RadiantGraph. "This award is not just a validation of our technology, but it is a sign that the healthcare industry is prime for the adoption of AI. Our goal is to help payers shift from fragmented, impersonal communication to intelligent, high-touch member engagement that improves outcomes, and create better experiences while targeting a reduction in both admin and medical costs." RadiantGraph uses the platform for data unification, machine learning workflows, and real-time engagement across digital channels, enabling health plans to implement campaigns in weeks instead of years. RadiantGraph's AI-led platform has already driven measurable results with higher adoption of programs, significant savings in outreach spend, and improvements in member experience. "We are thrilled to congratulate RadiantGraph on winning the Built-on Databricks Startup Challenge," said Steve Sobel , Global Leader for Startup and Venture Programs at Databricks. "RadiantGraph's innovative use of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform exemplifies the transformative potential of data and AI in driving more personalized, scalable and smarter experiences in the healthcare industry. Their achievement highlights the creativity and technical excellence emerging from the Databricks ecosystem and we look forward to supporting RadiantGraph as they continue to drive meaningful impact for their customers and the industry at large." Founded in 2023, RadiantGraph recently announced its Series A round of funding , raising $11M to expand its AI-driven personalized engagement offering for health plans. The company is built exclusively for healthcare, with a HITRUST-certified, SOC 2–compliant, and HIPAA-compliant platform. Its proprietary Health Data Engine ingests and normalizes data from 100M+ records across disparate sources, enabling AI-driven engagement in as little as six weeks. The company also just launched its AI Voice Studio for healthcare organizations to deploy HIPAA-compliant, AI-driven voice agents that automate outreach, improve member experience, and close critical gaps in care. "The selection of a healthcare startup as the grand prize winner by a technology leader like Databricks signals a broader momentum and that mainstream tech is finally recognizing healthcare as both a critical challenge and a massive growth opportunity," added Madan. "With so much spend and complexity in the system, we have to invest in innovation that improves outcomes and drives efficiency. That's exactly what RadiantGraph is built to do - and we're just getting started." For more information about RadiantGraph's Voice AI capabilities, and the launch of its AI Voice Studio, visit www.radiantgraph.com About RadiantGraph RadiantGraph's Intelligent PersonalizationTM platform helps healthcare organizations to use AI to deliver personalized member engagement that drives adoption of health benefits, improves clinical outcomes, and reduces long-term costs. RadiantGraph is led by healthcare veterans, backed by True Ventures, M13, and notable angels - and was named one of Business Insider's "25 Healthcare Startups Set to Take Off" Media Contact Erin Farrell-Talbot , RadiantGraph, 1 9172329309, [email protected] www.radiantgraph.com SOURCE RadiantGraph

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TechNews
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