Staff Database Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Database Engineer (AI): Building the Lakebase product, advising software engineering teams on functional and non-functional feature designs and working with product teams to validate that designs satisfy customer requirements with an accent on database developer experience, integration with the lakehouse, and simplified operations. Focus on designing operational tools to simplify troubleshooting and enterprise extensions for Lakebase to meet customer security and observability requirements.

Location: Bellevue, Washington; Seattle, Washington

Salary: $182,000 — $247,000 USD

Company

Databricks is the data and AI company that provides a Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI.

What you will do

• Advise software engineering teams on functional and non-functional feature designs.
• Work with product teams to validate that designs satisfy customer requirements.
• Design operational tools to simplify troubleshooting.
• Design enterprise extensions for Lakebase to meet customer security and observability requirements.
• Assist field engineers with complex and demanding POC’s.
• Advise customers and field engineers on best practices for application and database design to maximize performance.

Requirements

• A passion for database systems and application performance tuning.
• Experience building and operating high-volume OLTP systems including root cause analysis for incidents.
• Experience building tools to automate database management, monitoring, and operations.
• Experience with query tuning in Postgres (schema design, indexes, hints, vacuum, etc).
• Motivated by delivering customer value and impact.
• 5+ years of experience working with Postgres and other database systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks to meet the needs of all employees.
• Committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel.
• Hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards.