Staff Backend Software Engineer- (AI Platform)

About the Role

As part of the AI Platform team at Databricks, you’ll build the substrate that powers everything from data apps, AI agents, model training, model serving, and vector search. This is a high-agency, high-visibility team operating at the frontier of AI infrastructure, with deep ties to research, product, and real-world enterprise use cases. You will be contributing to Databricks Mosaic AI, one of the company's fastest-growing businesses, helping thousands of customers democratize AI within their organizations by building the infrastructure that powers the next generation of AI.

The Impact You Will Have

• Build infrastructure that powers flagship offerings like MLflow, AI Gateway, Databricks Apps, Agent Framework, Agent Bricks, and Foundation Model APIs.
• Improve reliability, latency, and efficiency of distributed AI workloads.
• Collaborate with platform, infra, and ML teams to deliver seamless end-to-end experiences.
• Shape how developers and data scientists build and interact with AI on Databricks.

What We Look For

• 5+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Scala, Go, or Python.
• Experience with distributed systems, scalable 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 For

• Experience with real-time serving, ML infrastructure, or GPU orchestration.
• Exposure to platforms like SageMaker, Vertex AI, or Azure ML.
• Contributions to OSS projects like MLflow, PyTorch, or Ray.
• Built developer platforms or internal tools supporting AI workflows.