Staff Engineer, Software Engineering - Storage Systems and Interconnects

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What You’ll Do

Build datacenter software technologies and expertise to drive Samsung memory technologies and innovations for use in public and private clouds by leveraging the benefits of memory innovations.

As a key member of the Storage Software team, you will be responsible for designing and developing software for a state-of-the-art distributed storage system.  As a storage IO path developer, you will play a key role in the design, development and optimization of the IO path within our distributed storage systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that our storage solutions deliver exceptional performance, scalability and reliability.

The successful candidate must be a strong team player, have excellent communication skills and should have experience developing Linux-based highly available distributed systems, with a focus on performance and quality. This staff level senior role involves significant responsibility and requires creativity, leadership as well as passion to build high performance flash-based storage systems.

Location: Hybrid, working onsite at our San Jose office/headquarters 2-3 days per week with the flexibility to work remotely the remainder of your time.

Reports to: Director, Software Development

Job ID: 42067

What You Bring

• Bachelors with 10+ years of relevant industry experience, or Masters with 8+ years or PhD with 5+ years in Computer Science or related field preferred.
• 10+ years of C/C++ development experience in Linux environment. Experience working with Python is desired.
• BS/MS Computer Science or equivalent with a minimum of 10+ years of experience developing enterprise software solutions in C/C++ on Linux.
• Strong foundation in algorithms & data structures is required.
• Experience working in network protocols (TCP/IP, RDMA/RoCE/IB_verbs) and storage protocols such as NVMe over Fabrics, and interface driver and target driver development, distributed, scale-out, fault-tolerant applications over Ethernet or InfiniBand desired.
• Expertise in storage and network IO stack optimizations and performance tuning is highly desired.
• Experience using distributed data structures and consensus algorithms desired.
• Knowledge of network file system protocols and storage area networks is highly desired.
• Knowledge of open source server-side software such as ZeroMQ, RocksDB, Ceph, Elasticsearch, Key/Value (KV) stores desired. Use of open source tools, such as gcc, git, and bugzilla, is desired.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose complex performance issues and implement effective solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• You’re inclusive, adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people.
• An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding.
• You’re collaborative, building relationships, humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches.
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.

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What We Offer
The pay range below is for all roles at this level across all US locations and functions. Individual pay rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location, as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education, and training. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance. 

This is in addition to our diverse package of benefits centered around the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones. In addition to the usual Medical/Dental/Vision/401k, our inclusive rewards plan empowers our people to care for their whole selves. An investment in your future is an investment in ours.

Give Back With a charitable giving match and frequent opportunities to get involved, we take an active role in supporting the community.
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