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Software Engineer II, Storage

Develops and operates high-performance, scalable cloud storage infrastructure using advanced storage engineering concepts. Requires hands-on experience with distributed systems, Java or Go, Linux internals, and IaC tools like Terraform.

136k – 161kSan Francisco, CABackend EngineeringOnsite

About the role

What You’ll Be Working On

  • Participate in Engineering Efforts: Contribute to engineering projects on cloud storage features by collaborating with product and engineering to define and execute features on the roadmap.
  • Software Development: Write and deliver sustainable software, contribute to design documentation. Participate in qualifications and rollouts of software across the stack journeying from bare metal to user-facing APIs.
  • Technical Contribution: Participate in architecture discussions, design processes, design reviews, code reviews, and implementation tasks.
  • Continuous Learning: Collaborate with other engineers on your team, fostering an environment of teamwork and continuous learning.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Champion and participate in key initiatives across the engineering organization such as tech talks, open source development, and book clubs.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

Cloud Storage Experience: Hands-on experience building and operating large scale, complex distributed cloud computing infrastructure products. Preferably, experience building redundant and fault tolerant storage solutions with backups, replication, encryption, and data protection mechanisms.

Software Engineering Fundamentals: Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Technical Proficiency:

  • Experience with at least one application programming language like Java or Go.
  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tooling with any of Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and/or Terraform.
  • Knowledge of Linux Systems Internals and computer architecture.

Communication & Collaboration: Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Bonus Points:

  • Storage Technologies: Hands-on experience with storage technologies such as NVMe, SSDs, and distributed storage systems.
  • Storage Protocols: In-depth understanding in at least one of block storage, object storage, and/or file storage. Familiarity with storage protocols like NFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF.
  • Open Source Contributions: Demonstrated track record of contributions to the open source community (e.g., Ceph, GlusterFS, OpenEBS).
  • System Programming: Proven experience in system programming with C, C++, and/or Rust.
  • Networking: An understanding of physical and software-defined networking concepts.
  • Education: Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Benefits

  • Industry competitive pay
  • Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company
  • Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents
  • Employer contributions to HSA accounts
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
  • Teladoc
  • 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary
  • Generous paid time off and holiday schedule
  • Cell phone reimbursement
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Subscription to the Calm app
  • MetLife Legal
  • Company paid commuter benefit; $300 per month

Compensation Range

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $136,000 - $160,500 a year + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Skills

JavaGoLinuxTerraformAnsibleNvmeSsdsNfsSmbIscsiCephC++Rust

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