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Senior Production Engineer - Realtime Products

DatabricksMountain View, CaliforniaSupport
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Salary
Not listed
Job type
Full-time
Experience
Senior · 5+ yrs
Posted
7 Oct 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Based in Mountain View, California, this full-time Senior Production Engineer position focuses on realtime products and suits experienced infrastructure professionals aiming to scale cloud systems. The role involves optimizing cloud environments, building monitoring tools, and maintaining system reliability for enterprise clients.

Role Overview

The Senior Production Engineer position at Databricks centers on real-time offerings such as Model Serving, Neon, and Lakebase. Professionals in this function analyze the platform across multiple cloud providers to enhance security, availability, and efficiency. The position suits practitioners with a strong background in distributed systems who want to resolve complex operational challenges.

Key Responsibilities

Design advanced detection and monitoring systems to provide early warnings and workload insights.
Create automation tools for debugging and incident mitigation.
Enhance service security, reliability, operational efficiency, and scalability.
Lead incident response and engage in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation.
Conduct root-cause analysis and execute permanent corrective measures.
Cooperate with security, support, product engineering, and infrastructure groups.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of professional background in site reliability engineering, production engineering, customer reliability engineering, backend software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related discipline.
Practical background monitoring complex stateful systems utilizing anomaly detection, probing, and workload alerts.
Familiarity with distributed systems, managed databases, or PostgreSQL.
Background in handling incidents and joining on-call rotations for critical systems.
Programming proficiency in languages such as Python, Go, Java, Scala, or similar.
Competency in Infrastructure as Code and infrastructure automation.
Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Computer Science or a relevant subject.

Nice to Have

Background working with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Familiarity with Lakebase or Neon.
Proficiency with Terraform and Kubernetes.
Experience developing internal platforms, developer productivity systems, or operational tooling.

Skills and Tools

Python
Go
Java
Scala
PostgreSQL
Kubernetes
Terraform
AWS
Azure
GCP
AI-driven operational tools

About the Company

Databricks operates as a Data and AI enterprise, providing a unified platform utilized by over 20,000 organizations globally, including seventy percent of the Fortune 500. The company maintains its headquarters in San Francisco alongside more than thirty global offices, delivering technology platforms that support data applications, analytics, and artificial intelligence.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply directly on the official Databricks careers page.

Skills and tech stack

PythonGoJavaScalaPostgreSQLKubernetesTerraformAWSAzureGCPDistributed Systems

Questions candidates ask

What is the primary focus of the Senior Production Engineer role?

The role focuses on building monitoring tools, incident mitigation solutions, and driving stack changes to keep real-time products like Model Serving, Lakebase, and Neon reliable, scalable, and secure.

How many years of experience are required to apply?

Applicants must have 5 or more years of experience in production engineering, site reliability engineering, customer reliability engineering, infrastructure engineering, backend software engineering, or a related domain.

What educational background is expected?

A Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field is required.

What cloud platforms does Databricks operate across?

The platform operates across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Are there any specific programming language requirements?

Candidates need strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Python, Go, Java, Scala, or similar.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Databricks careers page.

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