Staff Software Engineer - Networking

Staff Software Engineer - Networking Location: Bengaluru, India Company: Databricks About Databricks Databricks powers the world s best data and AI infrastructure platform, enabling data teams to tackle critical problems from transportation innovation to medical breakthroughs. Our platform unifies data, analytics, and AI for over 10,000 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500. Founded by the creators of Apache Spark , Delta Lake, and MLflow, Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices. Role Overview As a founding member of our new Networking Infrastructure team in Bengaluru, you will design and develop backend connectivity services that power millions of VMs running on Databricks. This platform connects our control plane to the compute plane, enhancing scalability and optimizing cloud resource usage. You ll collaborate closely with product management, operations, and engineering teams to deliver robust, scalable, and efficient networking solutions. This is an exciting hands-on leadership role for an experienced engineer passionate about multi-cloud and distributed systems challenges. What You ll Do Lead design and development of new networking services powering connectivity between control and compute planes. Build scalable backend connectivity systems supporting millions of virtual machines. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, operations, and engineering teams. Solve complex multi-cloud and distributed systems problems in a fast-paced environment. Contribute to setting up and growing the Bengaluru networking team from scratch. What We Look For 12+ years of production software engineering experience in Python, Java, Scala, C++, or similar. 7+ years building large-scale distributed systems from the ground up. Extensive experience in networking domain and SaaS platforms or Service-Oriented Architectures. Strong leadership and hands-on engineering skills. Passion for solving novel challenges in multi-cloud networking and distributed systems. Benefits Comprehensive benefits package tailored to employee needs. Inclusive and diverse workplace committed to equal opportunity for all. Diversity & Inclusion Databricks is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all employees can thrive. We uphold equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.