Sr. Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & Governance

We are looking for a senior technical leader to drive strategy and execution across three closely related teams at the heart of our mission: Query Observability, SQL Warehouse Management, and Account-Level Observability and Governance.

As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for establishing the long-term technical direction across query observability, warehouse management, and account-level governance, and owning the multi-year architecture all three surfaces are built on.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design and lead high-impact projects that move the needle on performance, reliability, and cost transparency for customers.
• Build the next generation of agentic observability and governance , extensible experiences that let users and automated agents investigate, diagnose, and act on telemetry across query, warehouse, and account.
• Partner deeply with Databricks SQL, Unity Catalog, AI, security, and platform teams to integrate end-to-end visibility and governance across the data plane and control plane.
• Mentor senior engineers, set the technical standards across the group, and recruit top talent into observability, insights, and governance.

Requirements include:

• 12+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems, observability or governance platforms, databases, or backend infrastructure.
• A proven track record as a technical leader on teams operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments , driving long-term architecture while still delivering incremental customer impact.
• Deep computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, systems design) applied to real-world, high-throughput problems.
• Experience with one or more of: observability and telemetry pipelines, query engines and query analytics, distributed tracing and metrics, time-series storage, data governance, or large-scale logging systems.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills , able to align engineering, product, and infrastructure partners across multiple teams on technical strategy and trade-offs.

We offer a competitive salary range of $217,100-$298,550 USD, depending on location and experience.