Staff Technical Solutions Engineer

As a Backline Technical Solutions Engineer you will help our customers to be successful with the Databricks platform by resolving important technical customer escalations and the support team. You will be the technical bridge between support and engineering and the first line of defense for engineering. You will ensure that all issues are vetted by you before it reaches the engineering team. You will report to the Manager of the Backline Escalations Team.

The impact you will have:

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues related to the Databricks Unified Analytics Platform by analyzing the core component metrics and logs.
• Provide suggestions and best practice guidance for improving performance in customer-specific environments and providing product improvement feedback.
• Help the support team with detailed troubleshooting guides and runbooks.
• Contribute to automation and tooling programs to make daily troubleshooting efficient.
• Partner with the engineering team and spread awareness of upcoming features and releases.
• Identify and contribute supportability features back into the product.
• Demonstrate ownership and coordinate with engineering and escalation teams to achieve resolution of customer issues and requests
• Participate in weekend and weekday on-call rotation.

What we look for:

• Minimum 6 years' experience in supporting a cloud, database or big data product.

• Expert in two of the below areas and has experience with the rest of them:

• SQL

• Linux/OS troubleshooting

• AWS, Azure or GCP related services

• Big Data/Spark/Other distributed systems

• Python or Java.

• Comfortable with black box troubleshooting.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base 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 utilizes 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.

Zone 3 Pay Range

$102,000—$180,400 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, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.

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

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