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# Database Research Scientist at Databricks

Department: Engineering - PipelineEducation: education_required

Compensation

$150,000 – $190,000/yr

**Location**
: Mountain View, California

**Level**
: staff+

**Posted**
: Mar 26, 2026

## Description

Databricks is seeking a Database Research Scientist to join its Database Engine team and contribute to research and implementation across query compilation and optimization, distributed query execution and scheduling, vectorized engine execution, data security, resource management, transaction coordination, efficient storage structures, and automatic physical data optimization. The role requires a PhD in databases or systems, a passion for database, storage, distributed, language, and performance topics, and motivation to deliver customer value. The disclosed local pay range is $150,000–$190,000 USD, with possible annual performance bonus, equity, and benefits.

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