Staff Software Engineer - AI Research Infrastructure

STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER - AGENT QUALITY P-1215 At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world’s toughest problems, from security threat detection to cancer drug development. We do this by building and running the world’s best data and AI platform so our customers can focus on the high-value challenges that are central to their own missions. The Databricks AI Research organization is pushing the frontier of next-generation enterprise AI. We believe a company's data is its greatest competitive advantage, and we're building the models and agents that unlock it. Our work spans the full stack, from model training to advanced multi-agent systems.  As a Staff Software Engineer - Agent Quality, you will be a founding member of a new team focused on evaluating and continuously improving Databricks' AI Agents. You will design and scale the infrastructure, tooling, and developer workflows that let researchers and engineers evaluate agents rigorously — driving a flywheel where evaluation results feed directly back into agent improvement across the full lifecycle, from development and training to production. THE IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE * Stand up the foundational evaluation infrastructure for Genie Agents, enabling rigorous benchmarking, regression detection, and quality measurement across research and product teams. * Build the flywheel that connects evaluation results back into agent improvement — closing the loop between production signals, training, and iterative development. * Shape the long-term technical direction for agent quality infrastructure, with real influence over how Databricks measures and improves its first-party agents and agent development platform. * Help shape the long-term technical direction for agent quality infrastructure as Databricks expands its first-party agents and agent development platform. WHAT WE LOOK FOR * 6+ years industry experience building software systems * Strong Python programming skills, with experience building production or research infrastructure * Experience building or operating distributed systems, data pipelines, or large-scale infrastructure with a focus on reliability, correctness, and operational maturity * Ability to design pragmatic but rigorous systems that produce trustworthy, reproducible signals for complex applications * Comfort working across ambiguous research and product boundaries, and partnering with both researchers and engineers to turn ideas into robust internal platforms * A high bar for technical quality, strong ownership, and the ability to influence roadmap and execution across multiple teams NICE TO HAVE * Experience with devtools, CI/CD platforms, testing frameworks, observability tooling, or benchmarking infrastructure * Familiarity with how LLM or agent quality is measured — whether through evals, experimentation platforms, or production monitoring   Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.   Local Pay Range $190,000—$270,000 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

P-1607 At Databricks, we are passionate about enabling data 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 world's best data and AI infrastructure platform so our customers can use deep data insights to improve their business. Founded by engineers — and customer obsessed — we leap at every opportunity to solve technical challenges, from designing next-gen UI/UX for interfacing with data to scaling our services and infrastructure across millions of virtual machines. And we're only getting started. As one of the first engineers in the NYC Engineering office, you’ll have the opportunity to be part of a small, nimble team that’s innovating to build new products from the ground up. Our goal is to leverage the power of Databricks in data & AI to deliver vertical AI applications for both technical and business users. This will be a true 0-to-1 environment, combining the excitement of a startup with the resources of a tech leader like Databricks.    The impact you'll have: * Create novel, never-seen-before interfaces for GenAI agents that manage complex workflows while keeping the human in the loop through inspectability and transparency * Partner closely with product management, design, and other engineering teams to build intuitive, scalable, and extensible solutions that drive user & business growth * Lead by example with hands-on full-stack software development to create dynamic, user-centric experiences * Enable mechanisms that can drive product-led growth, through seamless onboarding and sharing capabilities * Direct the future of intuitive agentic applications at Databricks, in collaboration with cross-functional teams of innovative software engineers, product managers, and designers * Define and drive the strategy for building end-to-end AI feature development by designing, building, and maintaining systems that are scalable, reliable, and performant. What we look for: * 10+ years of experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript * Demonstrated product mindset with the ability to translate ambiguous customer problems into scrappy MVPs and iterate quickly based on data and user feedback. * You care that AI features feel intuitive, trustworthy, and helpful, not just bolted on to an existing app * High ownership and bias for action in 0→1 environments: you are comfortable making pragmatic trade-offs, operating with incomplete information, and driving projects from idea through launch and adoption. * Strong ability to collaborate across product, engineering, and design teams to align technical strategy with company growth objectives.   * Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, or VueJs/Ember) * 10+ years of experience with server-side web technologies (eg: Node.js, Java, Python, Scala, C#, C++,Go) * Proven experience building and shipping end-to-end generative AI products, ideally with a significant UI/UX component * Proven experience building and shipping end-to-end generative AI products * Deep familiarity with LLMs and generative AI, including hands-on experience with techniques like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt design, evaluation, and monitoring AI quality and safety in production.   Pay Range Transparency Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.  Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here.   Local Pay Range $190,900—$253,750 USD About Databricks Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark™, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Compliance If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.