Systems PhD - Software Engineer

About this role

Databricks seeks a PhD-level software engineer to join the Database Engine team and design next-generation systems for data processing across their unified multi-cloud platform. You'll work on foundational problems like query optimization, distributed execution, vectorized engines, and storage systems that power their exabyte-scale infrastructure.

What you'll do

• Design and implement query compilation, optimization, and execution systems
• Develop distributed query scheduling and execution frameworks
• Build vectorized engine execution components
• Work on data security and resource management solutions
• Design transaction coordination and storage optimization features
• Contribute to automatic physical data optimization mechanisms

What they're looking for

• PhD in databases or systems
• Database systems design and implementation
• Distributed systems knowledge
• Storage systems expertise
• Query optimization and compilation
• Performance optimization
• Language design experience
• Systems-level programming

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus eligibility
• Equity compensation
• Work on cutting-edge data and AI infrastructure
• Opportunity to publish research and push industry boundaries
• Collaborate with world-class systems engineers