Staff Software Engineer, AiDP

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Staff Software Engineer, AiDP at Ddn · LumiJobs

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$200k–$250k

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Ddn Staff Software Engineer, AiDP at DDN leads technical vision and architecture for the Data Ocean initiative, focusing on next-generation data management capabilities. The role includes hands-on development and mentoring in distributed storage systems.

Responsibilities

This is a hands-on technical leadership position for an experienced distributed systems engineer who enjoys solving complex storage challenges and mentoring engineering teams while driving architectural decisions.
Technical Leadership
Own the technical vision, architecture, and long-term roadmap for the Data Ocean platform while leading the implementation of core platform capabilities.
Designing, developing, debugging, and optimizing production-quality C/C++ code for performance-critical distributed storage services.
Design and implement scalable solutions for data movement, metadata management, intelligent caching, global namespace services, and data mobility.
Architect and build high-performance data path and control plane services that deliver low latency, high throughput, scalability, and reliability.
Define architectures that seamlessly integrate object, file, and block storage across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.
Solve complex distributed systems challenges involving consistency, replication, fault tolerance, concurrency, metadata management, and large-scale coordination.
Lead architecture reviews and technical design discussions while driving engineering decisions that balance performance, scalability, maintainability, and operational simplicity.
Lead by example through hands-on coding, code reviews, debugging, root-cause analysis, performance tuning, and technical mentoring.
Partner closely with Product Management and Engineering teams to translate product requirements into high-quality, production-ready software.
Storage Platform Development

Qualification

Bachelor'sDeep expertise in distributed systemsStrong experience with object storageExcellent communication

Required

Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
10+ years of experience developing enterprise storage systems or distributed systems software.
Proven experience as a Principal Engineer, Senior Staff Engineer, or Technical Lead building complex distributed software platforms.
Expert-level C/C++ programming skills with a passion for writing high-quality, production-ready code.
Deep expertise in distributed systems, including consistency models, replication, fault tolerance, distributed coordination, concurrency, and scalability.
Strong experience with object storage, distributed file systems, block storage, and cloud storage architectures.
Proven track record designing and delivering production-scale distributed storage platforms.
Experience leading architecture and technical execution across cross-functional and globally distributed engineering teams.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.

Benefits

Vision

Company

Ddn

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