Staff Storage Engineer
DDN, Santa Clara Office
About the job
Role Overview
We are seeking a Staff Storage Backend Engineer to design and optimize the next generation of high-performance distributed storage systems. This role focuses on building the core I/O path, improving scalability, reliability, and software quality across large-scale storage clusters.
The ideal candidate has deep expertise in C/C++, distributed systems, storage architecture, and performance optimization, with a proven track record of building highly available, low-latency infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Storage Architecture & Development
- Design, develop, and optimize high-performance storage I/O paths for extreme throughput, low latency, and high concurrency.
- Build and improve distributed storage components, including erasure coding, data protection, recovery, and data layout algorithms.
- Develop scalable concurrency models, locking mechanisms, and fault-tolerant designs.
Performance & Scalability
- Analyze and optimize storage performance across CPU, memory, caching, scheduling, and data movement paths.
- Drive profiling, benchmarking, and performance tuning across multi-node, multi-device environments.