Staff Data Scientist

At Databricks, our passion lies in empowering data teams to tackle some of the most challenging problems globally, from detecting security threats to advancing cancer drug development. We achieve this by creating and operating the world's premier Data Intelligence Platform, enabling our customers to concentrate on high-value challenges central to their missi…

P-150 At Databricks, we are dedicated to empowering data teams to tackle some of the world's most challenging problems, ranging from security threat detection to the development of cancer treatments. We achieve this by creating and managing the leading data and AI infrastructure platform, allowing our clients to concentrate on the high-value challenges central to their missions. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark™, Databricks has evolved from a modest office in Berkeley, California, to a global enterprise with over 1000 employees. Our platform is trusted by thousands of organizations, from startups to Fortune 100 companies, establishing us as one of the fastest-growing SaaS firms worldwide. Our engineering teams design and develop highly technical products that meet significant real-world needs. We continually push the limits of data and AI technology while maintaining the resilience, security, and scalability essential for our customers' success on our platform. We operate one of the largest-scale software platforms, comprising millions of virtual machines that generate terabytes of logs and process exabytes of data daily. Given our scale, we frequently encounter cloud hardware, network, and operating system faults, and our software must effectively shield our customers from any disruptions. As a Software Engineer focused on backend development, you will collaborate closely with your team and product management to prioritize, design, implement, test, and operate microservices for the Databricks platform and products. This role includes writing software in Scala/Java, building data pipelines using Apache Spark™ and Apache Kafka, integrating with third-party applications, and interacting with cloud APIs such as AWS, Azure, CloudFormation, and Terraform. Below are examples of teams you can join: Data Science and Machine Learning Infrastructure: Develop services and infrastructure that bridge the gap between machine learning and distributed systems. Our technology supports flagship collaborative workspaces, notebooks, IDE integrations, and project management tools. We also facilitate large-scale machine learning through environment management, distributed training, and lifecycle management via MLflow. Compute Fabric: Construct the resource management infrastructure that supports all big data and machine learning workloads on the Databricks platform in a robust, flexible, secure, and cloud-agnostic manner. This software oversees millions of virtual machines.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California REQ ID FEQ127R103 Mission Join our team as a Solutions Architect, where you will play a pivotal role in empowering large enterprises to harness the full potential of their data. Collaborating closely with the Enterprise Account Executive (AE), you will define and implement the technical strategy for our most significant accounts, driving deeper and wider adoption of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Your expertise in value-based selling, technical account management, and leadership will be key in maximizing client success. You will work alongside a dedicated team that builds proofs of concept and showcases Databricks' innovative products. A strong technical understanding of ML and AI applications across various use cases relevant to the High Tech and Manufacturing sectors is essential. Outcomes Act as the primary technical voice for Databricks across multiple clients. Guide customers through a transformational journey, facilitating their evaluation and adoption of Databricks solutions. Implement tailored technical strategies within accounts based on a deep understanding of their needs. Foster a network of technical champions within client organizations. Align technical strategies with Databricks solutions effectively. Provide structured mentorship to enhance the skills of team members. Earn respect from peers through your experience, insights, and contributions. Competencies: Expertise in establishing and leading virtual teams to achieve success within client accounts. Experience managing large global accounts with an annual recurring revenue (ARR) exceeding $1 million. Ability to build relationships with executives and key influencers. Skill in presenting persuasive viewpoints to decision-makers, steering them toward successful outcomes. Strong technical background in big data, data science, and cloud technologies. Proven ability to drive data-driven business transformation. Programming experience in Python, R, Scala, or Java. Preferred: Databricks Certification.

Join Grindr as a Staff Data Scientist in a hybrid role based out of our San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Chicago offices, requiring in-office presence on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Why This Role is Unique?Grindr (NYSE: GRND) is the world’s largest LGBTQ+ social application, boasting over 14 million monthly users globally. We are not just a platform but a vital part of the LGBTQ+ community and a cornerstone of gay culture.As a Staff Data Scientist, you will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to create insightful metrics that drive product development. You will design and implement innovative experiments, present data-driven insights for decision-making, and explore new growth strategies through comprehensive analysis. This role allows you to work on deployed models that enhance the user experience for millions, while becoming an informal ambassador for the Data Science team, educating others on effective data utilization.You will be part of a dynamic data organization at Grindr that integrates data scientists, data engineers, and ML/AI engineers into a united and collaborative team. This is a unique opportunity to learn, share knowledge, and make a significant impact alongside industry leaders.Your ResponsibilitiesExtract actionable insights from complex, open-ended queries.Design and assess experiments to evaluate the impact of product changes.Analyze product data to identify root causes behind metric fluctuations.Effectively communicate findings to cross-functional stakeholders to inform product strategies.Develop tools to scale and automate analyses, enhancing company productivity.Mentor and guide team members, recommending best practices.Apply an engineering mindset to reduce complexity while maximizing utility and maintainability.Contribute to the development of future ML solutions to enhance recommendations, detect spam, and better serve our users.

P-1398 Note: This is a hybrid role requiring approximately 3 days in the office in Plano, TX. Mission: As a Staff Data & AI Technical Solutions Engineer, you will take the lead in developing and guiding others in crafting innovative Data & AI technical solutions for various customer issues. This includes an in-depth exploration of production data pipelines, AI workflows, streaming data ingestion, and more. You possess extensive expertise in Data & AI architectures, having encountered a diverse array of use cases while successfully managing intricate production environments in compliance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs). You will work collaboratively with product engineering and customer account teams to deliver exceptional results for customers, especially in critical production downtime scenarios. Your role is to empower customers with the knowledge and skills necessary to create efficient architectures and dependable services, leveraging Databricks’ platform to achieve their strategic goals. Reporting to a Technical Support Engineering manager, you are recognized as a technical authority within a leading global support engineering organization, celebrated for your leadership, technical knowledge, and ability to resolve even the most challenging customer situations. The impact you will have: Lead and direct technical solutions for a wide range of complex challenges reported by Databricks customers, including escalated and critical cases. Conduct comprehensive code-level analysis and systems architecture assessments of customer workloads to resolve issues related to Databricks products, including Spark core internals, Spark SQL, Delta, DLT, and Model Serving. Act as a customer support advisor, adept at diffusing escalations during incidents directly with customer stakeholders, swiftly identifying mitigations and solutions for advanced use cases, and strategically helping to avert future customer issues. Contribute to simplifying Databricks products and enhancing customer production environments' stability by influencing Engineering and Backline Support teams to identify areas for product improvements. Establish yourself as a deep technical expert and leader in the Databricks platform and production systems, mentoring others to share your expertise. What we look for: A minimum of 8 years of experience in designing, building, testing, and maintaining data pipelines, with relevant past experience in Spark being mandatory. Proficiency in SQL databases or data warehouses, among other technical skills.

Join Databricks, where we are dedicated to creating the most advanced and secure platform for data and AI. Our commitment to innovation drives us to develop cutting-edge solutions in security, compliance, and governance.As a vital member of the Trust and Safety Data Science team, you will engage in projects that are essential for maintaining the security and regulatory compliance of the Databricks Platform. Our clients rely on Databricks to safeguard their data while managing millions of virtual machines across three clouds in numerous regions worldwide.Our engineering teams design highly sophisticated products that address significant real-world challenges. We continuously strive to push the limits of data and AI technology, all while ensuring the security and scalability that are crucial for our customers' success on our platform. We cater to a diverse array of companies with different security and compliance needs. Understanding how our customers utilize our existing features is imperative, involving comprehensive, data-driven analysis of all facets of Databricks' security programs.Customers entrust us with their most critical data, and our mission is to establish the most reliable data analytics and machine learning platform globally. We are expanding our Trust and Safety Data Science team and seek talented individuals to join our group of “full stack” data scientists. Collaborating closely with engineering and security teams, you will focus on strategic initiatives that enhance the security and safety of Databricks for our clients. Our team employs advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to detect fraud and abuse across our platforms, utilizing state-of-the-art methodologies. For insights into our initiatives, check out our blog post. Engaging in fraud and abuse detection is dynamic and crucial, offering you a chance to significantly impact the security and efficiency of business operations.For further information, please visit https://www.databricks.com/trust.

Join Databricks as a Senior Product Manager for Unity Catalog, where we are dedicated to empowering data teams to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. Our innovative data and AI infrastructure platform is designed to help customers harness deep insights to enhance their business operations. Founded by engineers and driven by customer feedback, we eagerly take on technical challenges, from crafting next-gen UI/UX for data interaction to scaling our services across millions of virtual machines.In this role, you will oversee all product activities for Unity Catalog, the foundational metadata and governance layer for the Lakehouse. This includes implementing fine-grained security, governance capabilities, and productivity features like data lineage, search, discovery, auditing, and compliance for our customers' data and AI assets.Your responsibilities will involve coordinating product vision to implementation, engaging with large enterprise clients to ascertain their needs, developing strategic product roadmaps, collaborating with engineering to bring products to life, and liaising with various internal stakeholders to ensure successful product outcomes.Your Impact:Design and implement new governance and security features as part of Unity Catalog.Define and develop platform services that empower Databricks’ data & AI product teams, including ML/AI, Data Science & Engineering, and Data Warehousing, to seamlessly integrate workload-specific governance enhancements.Drive the lifecycle of new features from ideation through customer engagement to launch, including marketing strategies and ensuring broad customer adoption across all segments.Provide insights on the data governance landscape, customer needs, and market trends to engineering and leadership teams through close collaboration with customers and partners.

Join Databricks as a Principal Data Scientist and contribute to shaping the future of data analytics and machine learning. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise to drive impactful projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and lead innovative research initiatives that enhance our product offerings. As a thought leader, you will utilize your extensive knowledge in data science to influence our strategic direction, ensuring our solutions remain at the forefront of technology.

Are you a dedicated Developer Advocate with a passion for bridging the gap between technology and the developer community? If you thrive on connecting with others, hosting engaging events, and diving into the nuances of application development and developer experience, we want to hear from you!As a Senior Developer Advocate at Databricks on the Neon DevRel team, you'll play a pivotal role in linking our engineering teams with an expanding community of application and agent developers utilizing Postgres and Neon. Your technical acumen will be essential in maintaining and enhancing our SDKs, educating users, and shaping the future of Agent and Developer Experience (AX & DX) for Neon.Developer experience will be central to your responsibilities. You will help enhance our TypeScript SDK and CLI, manage Neon’s MCP server, and develop other developer-oriented tools, all while keeping ahead of the evolving AI landscape. Your expertise in DevTools and AX will be shared through presentations, meetups, blog articles, videos, and community interactions, empowering developers to build more effectively with Neon and demonstrating our commitment to exceptional Developer Experience (DX) and Agent Experience (AX).Collaboration will be key as you work closely with the neon.com community, product teams, and engineering staff, ensuring that developer feedback directly influences product direction. You'll also partner with fellow advocates, program managers, and the broader Databricks DevRel organization to create a cohesive and impactful strategy for agent experiences.The ideal candidate will embody the core values of our DevRel team: a profound enthusiasm for application development, strong empathy for developer needs, and the ability to convey complex concepts with clarity and effectiveness.In this role, you’ll foster and expand the Neon community through top-notch technical content and hands-on experiences, continuously feeding insights back into the product to further enhance the developer experience.

The Applied AI team at Databricks is at the forefront of pioneering GenAI-powered products. In recent years, we have successfully launched the Databricks Assistant, AI/BI Genie, and Agent Bricks, collaborating with product teams to significantly enhance LLM quality for these offerings. These innovations are utilized by hundreds of thousands of Databricks users daily. We are dedicated to solving complex challenges such as code suggestion, error detection and correction, text-to-SQL generation, automatic pipeline generation, and knowledge QA.As we continue to evolve our GenAI products, we are looking for multiple GenAI Engineers at various experience levels to lead the next phase of our development. Our goals for 2025 include improving LLM quality, broadening GenAI capabilities across Databricks products, and reinforcing our platform architecture to facilitate seamless AI interactions on a large scale.

At Databricks, we are driven by our mission to empower data teams to tackle the world's most challenging problems—whether it's realizing the next mode of transportation or accelerating medical advancements. Our dedication is to build and operate the premier Data and AI infrastructure platform, enabling our clients to harness deep insights from data to enhance their operations. We are on the lookout for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our Photon team, playing a pivotal role in defining the next generation of ultra-fast, scalable data processing solutions. In this role, you will lead a team of exceptional engineers working on Photon—the innovative query engine that powers Databricks' groundbreaking Lakehouse Platform. This is a unique opportunity to drive innovation on a grand scale, optimize data systems for tangible results, and collaborate with top experts in query optimization, execution, storage, and large-scale analytics. If you are passionate about empowering teams, architecting groundbreaking technologies, and accelerating analytics for millions of users, we invite you to join our team.

Join Windfall, a pioneering people data and AI company, where data science is at the heart of our mission. We are dedicated to transforming how organizations understand and leverage people data by equipping leading commercial and nonprofit partners with precise, actionable predictive models.We are seeking a product-focused Senior or Staff Data Scientist to be part of our Modeling & AI team. In this pivotal role, you will directly influence customer success by developing custom propensity models that tackle our clients' most pressing challenges. Collaborating closely with customer data and Windfall's extensive data resources, you will craft innovative solutions and create comprehensive modeling pipelines that convert data into tangible value.This position offers a unique chance to witness your contributions in action, working hand-in-hand with our clients to develop a range of models, from sophisticated marketing and lead scoring to donation likelihood models that enhance the missions of the world's leading nonprofit organizations.

The Applied AI team at Databricks is dedicated to pioneering advancements in GenAI-driven products. In recent years, we have successfully launched notable innovations such as the Databricks Assistant, AI/BI Genie, and Agent Bricks. These products are utilized by hundreds of thousands of Databricks users daily. We are addressing complex challenges such as code suggestions, error detection and correction, text-to-SQL generation, automatic pipeline creation, and knowledge QA. As our GenAI products continue to advance, we are on the lookout for multiple GenAI Engineers, ranging from junior to senior levels, to spearhead the next phase of development. In 2025, our focus will be on enhancing the quality of LLMs, broadening GenAI functionalities across Databricks products, and fortifying our platform architecture to facilitate seamless AI interactions at scale.

About SemgrepSemgrep stands at the forefront of code security, empowering developers to innovate seamlessly. Our platform enables teams to identify, flag, and resolve genuine security issues before deployment, supported by an adaptive security system that evolves with their development process. Semgrep not only safeguards code in real-time but also offers essential guardrails that facilitate rapid development without compromising security. Trusted by top organizations like Snowflake, Dropbox, and Figma, we are recognized by Gartner for excellence in Application Security Testing. To learn more about our mission, visit semgrep.dev.Founded in San Francisco and backed by prominent investors including Menlo Ventures and Sequoia Capital, Semgrep is dedicated to continuous improvement, ensuring that our AI-driven system minimizes false positives and prioritizes actionable vulnerabilities. Experience the future of secure coding with us.

Join SoFi, a leading personal finance company, as a Data Scientist where you will leverage data to drive strategic decisions and enhance user experiences. In this role, you will analyze complex datasets, build predictive models, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to propel our innovative solutions forward.

Join Mercor as a Data ScientistAt Mercor, we stand at the forefront of labor markets and artificial intelligence research. We collaborate with top-tier AI laboratories and businesses to infuse the human intelligence crucial for the evolution of AI.Our expansive talent network empowers frontier AI models, mirroring the way educators impart knowledge: sharing insights and experiences that transcend mere coding. Currently, our network boasts over 30,000 experts generating more than $2 million daily.We are pioneering a new work paradigm where specialized expertise drives AI progress. To realize this vision, we seek a dynamic, fast-paced, and dedicated team. You will collaborate with leading researchers, operators, and AI companies, playing a pivotal role in the systems that are reshaping society.As a profitable Series C company, Mercor is valued at $10 billion and operates from our new headquarters in San Francisco with an in-office work schedule five days a week.Your RoleIn your first year, you will implement analyses and experiments that enhance key product metrics, including match quality, time-to-hire, candidate experience, and revenue. Your responsibilities will include:Establishing north-star and feature-specific metrics for our ranking systems, interview analytics, and payout frameworks.Designing and executing A/B tests and quasi-experiments, translating results into product decisions within the same week.Creating source-of-truth dashboards and streamlined data models to enable teams to self-serve answers.Collaborating with engineers to instrument events, enhancing data quality and latency from ingestion to insights.Rapidly prototyping models (from baseline models to gradient boosting) to optimize matching and scoring.Assisting in the evaluation of LLM-powered agents through the design of rubrics, human-in-the-loop studies, and guardrail mechanisms.What Makes You a Great FitYou possess strong foundational skills in statistics, SQL, and Python, alongside projects you are eager to showcase. You adapt swiftly, frame inquiries, test hypotheses, and deliver results within a day, valuing clarity in communication as much as statistical significance. A keen interest in LLM evaluation, retrieval, and ranking is a plus; you will learn alongside professionals from renowned firms such as Jane Street, Citadel, Databricks, and Stripe.

Superhuman offers an engaging hybrid working model for this role. This flexible approach provides team members with a balance of focused time and in-person collaboration, fostering trust, innovation, and a vibrant team culture. Team members for this position must reside in the San Francisco Bay Area. About SuperhumanSuperhuman, now part of Grammarly, is an AI productivity platform dedicated to unlocking extraordinary potential in everyone. Our suite of apps and agents seamlessly integrates AI into over 1 million applications and websites, including Grammarly’s writing assistance, Coda’s collaborative workspaces, Mail’s inbox management, and Go, the proactive AI assistant that comprehends context and provides automatic assistance. Founded in 2009, Superhuman empowers more than 40 million individuals, 50,000 organizations, and 3,000 educational institutions worldwide to eliminate busywork and concentrate on what truly matters. Discover more at superhuman.com and explore our values here.The OpportunityTo achieve our ambitious goals, we are seeking skilled Data Scientists to join our Product and Growth Data Science teams. At Superhuman, data teams are regarded as trusted experts who reveal new insights to shape marketing, product, and growth strategies that drive significant outcomes across the organization. We have access to large datasets and are looking for individuals with exceptional technical and analytical abilities who can dissect complex business challenges and offer solutions that deliver high visibility and impactful results for the company.Growth Data Scientists collaborate closely with product, engineering, growth, and/or lifecycle marketing teams. They are tasked with designing and executing product experiments, as well as performing intricate analyses to guide product strategy through advanced analytics and machine learning. The ideal candidate will possess a proven record of delivering significant analytical projects within the Growth domain and working alongside cross-functional colleagues to influence decision-making.Product Data Scientists are responsible for assessing the quality of the Superhuman products, ensuring that our offerings are not only innovative but also user-friendly and effective.

Join Mindlance as a Data Scientist, where you will leverage data to drive insights and support decision-making processes. You will be responsible for analyzing complex datasets, developing predictive models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance business strategies.

Join Metriport as a Data Scientist and be at the forefront of data-driven decision making! In this role, you will leverage advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to derive insights from complex datasets, enhancing our product offerings and driving strategic initiatives.