# Staff Software Engineer- Search Quality at Databricks

- Company: Databricks (databricks.com)
- Location: Bengaluru, India
- Places: Bengaluru, India
- Posted: 2026-02-26
- Apply: https://databricks.com/company/careers/open-positions/job?gh_jid=8439348002
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/staff-software-engineer-search-quality-databricks-kn7ftfv5n3b86tnx8g8k4m2zbh8hdbem

## The posting

Staff Software Engineer- Search Quality
Databricks · Bengaluru, India

P-1408

**The Mission**

We are democratizing Data and AI for every enterprise user. Our vision is a world where anyone can master their organization’s data through Apps and AI Agents. We are building the retrieval backbone for two worlds: the high-precision context layer for AI agents and the intuitive search experience for people goal is the same: instant, accurate, and actionable insight.

**The Role**:

- As a Search Quality Engineer, you sit at the heart of this transformation. You aren't just building a search engine; you are building the contextual backbone of the entire company.
- You will own the quality of results for two distinct but deeply connected "users":
- The AI Agent: Optimizing the retrieval layer that allows LLMs to reason over data they weren’t trained on, ensuring they have the "ground truth" needed to synthesize accurate, high-stakes business actions.
- The Human User: Improving the traditional search experience so employees can find assets and answers through intuitive, high-recall interfaces.

**The Technical Challenge**

This isn't a solved problem. You will be tackling "Search" in its most evolved form:

- Hybrid Retrieval: Balancing traditional keyword-based search (for exactness) with semantic vector search (for intent).
- Dual-Optimization: Fine-tuning ranking models that satisfy both human readability and LLM-ready context.
- High-Stakes Accuracy: In a world of Agents, poor search quality leads to hallucinations. You will build the guardrails and relevance scoring that ensure our AI stays grounded in reality.
- Data Heterogeneity: Connecting the dots across structured SQL tables, unstructured docs, and real-time business metrics.

**Why This is the Place to Be**

- You will have a front-row seat to the Agentic revolution. If you want to solve the hardest problems in data discovery and see your work power the decision-making of thousands of people, let’s talk.

**What We’re Looking For**

- The IR Specialist: You know your way around Lucene/Elasticsearch, embeddings, and ranking algorithms.
- The Quality and Metrics Obsessive: You understand that "relevance" is subjective and love building evaluation frameworks (human-in-the-loop and LLM-based) to measure it. You are obsessed with **relevance metrics** (nDCG, MRR, Precision@K).
- The Bridge Builder: You’re excited to apply traditional Information Retrieval (IR) wisdom to the cutting-edge world of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

**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](https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks), [X](https://x.com/databricks), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@Databricks), and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/databricksinc/?hl=en).

**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](https://docs.google.com/document/d/154un3e8X