Qualcomm International Inc., Mexico Branch Office

Staff Data Engineer / Full‑Stack Data Developer (Databricks / Python) at Qualcomm International Inc., Mexico Branch Office

Department: IT Software Developer

Compensation

$130,000 – $195,000/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: San Diego, California
Type: Full-time
Level: staff+
Posted: Sep 17, 2026

Description

Qualcomm is hiring a Staff Data Engineer / Full‑Stack Data Developer to design, build, optimize, and operate scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, curated data layers, Databricks applications, APIs, dashboards, and data-driven services on a cloud Lakehouse platform. The role requires strong Python, PySpark, SQL, data quality, reliability, security, governance, and production-support expertise, with a requirement for full-time onsite work in San Diego, California. The stated pay range is $130,000 to $195,000, with an annual discretionary bonus and potential RSU grants.

Required Skills

Databricks
Python
Apache Spark
SQL
ETL/ELT
Data quality
Data governance

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience owning production-grade pipelines and data solutions
3+ years of programming experience
3+ years of SQL or NoSQL database experience
3+ years of data structures and algorithms experience
Hands-on production Databricks experience, including application development
Experience building and supporting Databricks notebooks, dashboards, and data-driven applications
Experience operating and supporting data pipelines and data applications in production
Preferred Qualifications: AWS cloud services experience
Unity Catalog and governed data-sharing experience
Streaming data pipeline experience
CI/CD, Git, and Data/Analytics DevOps familiarity
BI, AI/ML, or application-embedded analytics experience