About the company
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.
Responsibilities
- Build the routing layer that picks the right model for each request across quality, cost, latency, availability, and remaining budget
- Improve reliability, latency, and efficiency of distributed AI workloads
- Collaborate with research, platform, infra, and AI/ML teams to deliver seamless end-to-end experiences
- Shape how developers and data scientists build and interact with AI on Databricks
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering
- Strong programming skills in Scala, or Go
- Experience with distributed systems, high-throughput APIs, or cloud-native infrastructure
- Familiarity with service-oriented architecture, deployment pipelines, and system observability
- Strong product and ownership mindset. You care about building the right solution, not just any solution
Bonus points
- Experience with real-time serving, AI infrastructure, or GPU orchestration
- Exposure to platforms like Bedrock, Vertex AI, or Azure ML
- Experience building developer platforms or internal tools supporting AI workflows