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Staff Software Engineer- Public Sector

Databricks · Virginia

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
80 days
Databricks's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Databricks's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Databricks
high
863 stale, 25 reposted of 879 open
Hiring momentum
1112 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Databricks's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Databricks.

About this role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Public Sector team at Databricks, you will focus on backend engineering for the Data Intelligence Platform, ensuring it operates efficiently in sovereign and air-gapped cloud environments. Your responsibilities will include designing and implementing scalable backend services, optimizing performance, and ensuring security and reliability in high-consequence public sector settings. You will tackle complex infrastructure challenges and own the end-to-end lifecycle of mission-critical code.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Databricks as an employer.

What you need

  • Active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance
  • 9+ years of professional software development experience
  • Deep understanding of Distributed Systems, concurrency, and performance optimization
  • Strong production-level experience in at least one of: Java, Scala, Go, C++ or similar
  • Experience building and deploying large-scale SaaS or cloud-native applications

Nice to have

  • Possession of a current polygraph (Counterintelligence or Full Scope) is highly desired and considered a significant plus
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field

Worth weighing

  • No specific benefits listed in the posting
  • Pay range transparency provided, but actual compensation may vary based on multiple factors
  • Role involves working in high-consequence public sector environments, which may come with unique challenges

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Listed by Databricks on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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