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Staff Software Engineer, Search Quality

Databricks · Mountain View, California

Posted about 2 months ago

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This role has been open
66 days
Databricks's roles stay open a median of 66 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Databricks's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Databricks
high
741 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
2026-10-08

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About this role

As a Staff Software Engineer for Search Quality at Databricks, you will lead the technical direction for ranking, relevance, and quality initiatives within the Search product. Your role involves designing and building systems and models to ensure high-quality search results across diverse datasets, collaborating with research and product teams, and mentoring other engineers. You will also shape the long-term vision for search quality and drive end-to-end engineering efforts from prototyping to production.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
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

  • 10+ years of experience building large-scale search, ranking, recommendation, or ML-driven relevance systems
  • Deep expertise in Search Quality, including ranking models, signals, query understanding, and evaluation methodologies
  • Strong understanding of relevance metrics and evaluation frameworks
  • Familiarity with vector search, keyword search, hybrid retrieval, and embedding-based semantic retrieval
  • Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, and system design for performance-critical ranking and retrieval systems
  • Proven ability to deliver high-impact technical initiatives with clear business or product outcomes

What you get

  • Eligibility for annual performance bonus
  • Equity
  • Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees

Worth weighing

  • No specific technologies or programming languages mentioned in the posting
  • The role involves a significant amount of leadership and mentoring, which may not suit all candidates
  • The pay range is provided, but actual compensation may vary based on multiple factors
  • The posting emphasizes a commitment to diversity and inclusion, which may be important for candidates considering company culture

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Listed by Databricks on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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