Staff Software Engineer, Search Quality

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to drive the technical direction of ranking, relevance, evaluation, and quality initiatives across Databricks' next-generation Search product. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design and build the systems, models, and evaluation frameworks that ensure our Search stack delivers accurate, high-quality results across diverse multimodal datasets and query patterns.

Requirements

• 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
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams in fast-moving environments
• Strategic and product-oriented mindset with the ability to align technical execution with long-term vision
• Passion for mentoring, growing engineers, and fostering technical excellence

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Relocation Assistance