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# Staff Backend Software Engineer- (AI Platform)

- **Company:** Databricks
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Computer Programming, Distributed Systems, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Azure Machine Learning, Service-Oriented Architecture, Cloud Platform System, Pytorch, Delivery Pipeline, Large Language Models, Backend, AI Platforms, Low Latency, Machine Learning Operations, Restful APIs, Automation Anywhere, Databricks
- **Published:** May 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=38c0a327e24b3b77

## About the Role

Do you have experience in UI?, * 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, * 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

Pay Range Transparency

## Description

* Build infrastructure that powers our flagship offerings like MLflow, AI Gateway, Databricks Apps, Agent Framework, Agent Bricks, and Foundation Model APIs, to state a few.
 * 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


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