Staff Software Engineer, Foundation Model Inference

Databricks · Engineering

Location: San Francisco, California
Metro: San Francisco Bay Area
Workplace: Unspecified
Level: Staff+
Type: Unspecified
Pay: $190K–$265K/yr (estimated from posting text)
Posted: 3 months ago
Source: Greenhouse

What the posting covers

P-1930

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 the development of medical breakthroughs. We do this by building and running the…

The impact you will have

Build LLM infrastructure powering large-scale inference workloads for customers through partner models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) and self-hosted models (Qwen, GPT-OSS, Llama) Shape the direction of the FMAPI product — from roadmap to execution — by…

What we look for

8+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering Experience with distributed systems, scalable APIs, or cloud-native infrastructure Strong product and ownership mindset, with a focus on shipping user-facing value Experience with real-time…

Bonus points for

Exposure to platforms like SageMaker, Vertex AI, or Azure ML Built products that support AI workflows

Pay Range Transparency

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About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps,…

Compliance

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