Principal Software Engineer - Data Direct Networks

DDN Storage is seeking great candidates to join our dynamic team of passionate customer-enabling technologists!

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DDN Storage is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the world's most demanding AI data centers, in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services, autonomous cars, Government, academia, research and manufacturing.

"DDN's A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure." – IDC

“The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments” - ~ Marc Hamilton VP, Solutions Architecture & Engineering | NVIDIA

DDN Storage is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge storage and data management solutions are designed to accelerate AI workloads, enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance, reliability, and scalability, DDN Storage empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation, customer-centricity, and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation, customer success, and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer for our RED Storage engineering team who will design, build, and deliver components of RED software storage solution:

• Design and implement lightweight publisher/subscriber event streaming broker architecture, integrating with complex highly resilient underlying distributed storage.
• Drive design discussions, build prototypes and contribute to deliver high quality products.
• Conduct code reviews and improve scalability, reliability and performance of RED solutions.
• Collaborate with your teammates and integrate a group of passionate developers in an outcome-oriented environment.

 Qualifications:

• Prior experience with architecture and implementation of AI-based rules engines to facilitate data movement and transformation.
• Experience with architecture and implementation of lightweight pub/sub event streaming technologies (ex. Apache Kafka, Mosquitto)
• Knowledge of distributed file system solutions, parallel file system solutions or network file system is important.
• Knowledge of various traditional data movement technologies including asynchronous replication, synchronous replication, and tiering
• Experience in developing and debugging at system level C/C++, particularly for Linux/UNIX computing environments.
• Excellent hands-on software development experience of 10+ years on scale-out and high availability storage solutions
• NVM storage technology and/or distributed key-value storage systems are highly desired.
• BS/MS/Ph.D in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or equivalent degree/experience.
• Attention to detail and commitment to high quality deliverables.
• Strong team player with good communication skills and should be self-starter.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to independently prioritize, multitask, and work under deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate has knowledge of and experience in several of the following subjects:

• Common Hierarchical Storage Management techniques including tiering as well as efficient data movement techniques from edge to core to cloud.
• Parallel file system solutions (ex. Lustre, GPFS) or distributed file systems (ex. NFS)
• Low-latency, high-bandwidth High-Performance Computing (HPC) networks
• NVME and NVMEoF storage technology
• Linux kernel internals
• Memory mapped IO (mmap), event-driven and lock-free programming concepts
• Distributed key-value storage systems (memcached)

Our team is highly motivated and focused on engineering excellence.

We look for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity.

Engineers are encouraged to work across multiple areas of the company.

We operate with a flat organizational structure.

All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission.

Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important.

All engineers and researchers are expected to have strong communication skills.

They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

Interview Process:

After submitting your application, the team reviews your CV and statement of exceptional work. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 30-minute interview (“phone interview”) during which a member of our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the initial phone interview, you will enter the main process, which consists of four technical interviews:

• Coding assessment in a language of your choice.
• Systems design: Translate high-level requirements into a scalable, fault-tolerant service.
• Systems hands-on: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session.
• Project deep-dive: Present your past exceptional work to a small audience.
• Meet and greet with the wider team.
• Our goal is to finish the main process within one week.
• We don’t rely on recruiters for assessments.
• Every application is reviewed by a member of our technical team.

DataDirect Networks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law

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