IT Software Engineer, Infrastructure

GAQ327R265

About the Role

At Databricks Information Technology we are a product-led organisation transforming the way we work from how easy it is to use our IT services to the applications we develop to help us scale seamlessly amid incredible growth.

As an IT Software Engineer (Infrastructure) you will be a core technical contributor on the IT CorpEng Infrastructure team owning and driving the evolution of our core infrastructure and observability platforms. This role requires a strong software engineering mindset deep technical breadth across SRE and infrastructure worlds and the ability to deliver high-quality scalable solutions for currently immature system problems. You will be responsible for building resilient scalable and automated infrastructure that empowers our development teams. As a member of the team you will bridge the gap between software engineering and systems architecture ensuring our AWS environment is cost-optimised secure and highly available.

The impact you will have:

• Automate: Develop and deploy production-grade infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS preferred) using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or Pulumi.
• Orchestration: Deploy manage and scale containerised workloads using Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) focusing on security reliability and resource efficiency.
• CI/CD Excellence: Build and maintain robust deployment pipelines using GitHub Actions including both cloud-hosted and self-hosted runners for specialised build requirements.
• Drive Observable by Default Frameworks: Implement infrastructure standards to ensure new internal applications are secure with logging metrics and tracing configured out of the box.
• Tooling Scripting & AI: Build internal CLI tools AI-assisted workflows and automation scripts to streamline developer workflows and reduce manual toil.
• Partner Cross-Functionally: Collaborate with Security Engineering Infrastructure and Support teams to execute technical projects aligned with business outcomes.
• Document & Knowledge Share: Participate in peer code reviews maintain operational playbooks/failure triage guides and help onboard team members onto platforms you maintain.

What we look for:

• Software Engineering Expertise: 35 years of hands-on software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python for scripting automation and tooling (required).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Solid working knowledge of Terraform (modules state management) or Pulumi (preferred).
• Cloud & Containerization: Hands-on experience building and supporting production workloads in AWS (or Azure/GCP) along with Kubernetes and Docker fundamentals.
• CI/CD & Automation: Practical experience designing maintaining and troubleshooting pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar modern CI/CD tools.
• Observability Foundations: Practical understanding of observability pillars (logging metrics tracing) and hands-on experience integrating tools such as Datadog Prometheus or Grafana.
• Independent Execution: Proven ability to own end-to-end tasks with guidance from Tech Leads breaking down broader technical goals into actionable technical solutions.