# Senior Software Engineer — Backend (Files Team) at Databricks

- Company: Databricks
- What the company does: Databricks offers a unified platform for data, analytics and AI. Build better AI with a data-centric approach. Simplify ETL, data warehousing, governance and AI on the Data + AI Platform. Backed by Battery, Insight and Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: http://www.databricks.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-02
- Apply by: 2026-11-16
- Apply: https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8864368002&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/databricks-senior-software-engineer-backend-files-team/

## About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Files team, you will innovate at the intersection of storage, performance, and distributed systems, directly shaping our filesystem strategy to power next-generation agentic workloads. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field
- 5+ years of production-level experience in Java, Scala, C++, Go, Rust, or a similar language
- 3+ years of experience developing large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or MicroVM technologies (e.g., Firecracker) and a strong grasp of cloud provider internals (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- You aren't just a user of tools, you understand how to build them from the ground up when existing solutions fail at our scale
- Experience with filesystems and FUSE

Tags: Engineering - Pipeline

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/databricks-senior-software-engineer-backend-files-team/