Staff Software Development Engineer - Distributed Systems

Description :

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Development Engineer to join our OpenEBS/Puls8 team in Bangalore.

This is a technical leadership role combining hands-on development with customer support responsibilities. You will drive architectural decisions, set technical standards, and mentor engineering teams while also providing expert-level support to enterprise customers on complex cloud-native storage implementations.

Responsibilities :

- Design and develop complex features for OpenEBS/Puls8 with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability.

- Drive architectural decisions and technical direction for cloud-native storage solutions.

- Set and maintain high standards for code quality, testing practices, and engineering excellence.

- Lead technical discussions and design reviews across multiple teams.

- Solve ambiguous, complex technical problems with system-wide impact.

- Mentor senior and junior engineers, fostering technical growth across the organization.

- Contribute to the open-source community and represent DataCore at technical forums.

Requirements :

- Bachelor's or master's in computer science or a related field.

- 10+ years of software development experience with 5+ years in storage/distributed systems.

- Expert-level proficiency in Rust, Golang, or C with a deep understanding of Linux systems programming.

- Deep expertise in distributed systems, consensus algorithms, and data replication.

- Strong knowledge of storage protocols and block/file/object storage architectures.

- Hands-on experience building storage data plane components or storage I/O path development and high-speed storage interfaces (NVMe, PCIe).

- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including operators, SPDK, CSI drivers, and StatefulSets.

- Proven track record of driving technical initiatives with cross-team impact.

- Experience setting technical direction and mentoring engineering teams.

- Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills for complex production systems.

- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.