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Senior Production Engineer - Realtime Products
Databricks · 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 445 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 78 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Databricks paid sponsored hires in similar roles103 certified filings for “Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in CA: $158k–$191k, median $188k. Most were filed at wage level II (47%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 445 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 78 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
CSQ127R154 As a Senior Production Engineer working on Databricks’ realtime products you will be directly contributing to our customers’ success. You will build advanced monitoring and incident mitigation tooling, and drive changes across the stack to proactively make the realtime products like Lakebase, Neon and Model Serving reliable, secure, and scalable in production. Our production engineers understand the Databricks platform from end to end, and partner across engineering teams, building durable solutions for a platform operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The Impact You’ll Have Observability • Build advanced monitoring and detection capabilities that give early warning of issues and deep insights into workload performance and customer experience. • Build reliable, observable automation for debugging and incident mitigation. Reliability • Improve service reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency. • Develop dependable, safe, mitigations for production issues. On-Call & Incident Response • Participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation and lead incident response and mitigation. • Perform root-cause analysis, identify and implement lasting corrective actions. • Partner with Product Engineering, Security, Support, and other infrastructure teams on follow up actions. What We Look For Experience • 5+ years of experience in Production Engineering, Customer Reliability Engineering (CRE), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), infrastructure engineering, backend software engineering, or a related field. • Experience in holistic monitoring and alerting of complex stateful systems, applying multiple strategies like workload alerting, anomaly detection and probing. • Experience with PostgreSQL, or related managed databases or distributed systems. • Experience in incident management and participating in on-call rotations for critical infrastructure. Skillset • A mindset focused on automation, root-cause resolution, and continuous improvement. • Strong programming skills in one or more languages such as Python, Go, Java, Scala, or similar. • Proficiency with infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code. • Ability to work across system boundaries and collaborate effectively during complex incidents, and engage with customers’ infrastructure teams. • Experience in using AI to address production and operational challenges. Bonus • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP. • Experience with Lakebase or Neon. • Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform. • Experience building internal platforms, operational tooling, or developer productivity systems. Education • BS degree (or higher) in Computer Science, or a related field. About Databricks Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , and Instagram . Benefits At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here . Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered w