Senior Software Engineer (Public Sector)

Location: McLean, Virginia

$155,900 — $214,400 USD

Company

Databricks is the data and AI company powering over 10,000 organizations worldwide, including 50% of the Fortune 500, with the Data Intelligence Platform built on Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow.

What you will do

• Architect scalable, highly available backend services using Scala, Java, Go, C++/C or similar.
• Design and implement distributed systems powering the platform across sovereign and air-gapped clouds.
• Solve architectural trade-offs in concurrency, storage, and networking for resilience in high-consequence environments.
• Drive zero-waste compute optimization for resource-constrained regions like GovCloud.
• Partner with Production Engineering to ensure security, compliance, and high availability of backend services.

Requirements

• Candidates must be eligible for a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Strong production experience in Java, Scala, Go, or C++.
• Experience building and deploying large-scale SaaS or cloud-native applications.

Nice to have

• Current polygraph (Counterintelligence or Full Scope).

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits tailored to your region, including health insurance, performance bonuses, and equity.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity.
• Global offices with a focus on technical challenges and customer obsession.