Staff Software Engineer – Storage Systems & Protocols

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We believe that innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We’re dedicated to empowering people to be their true selves. Together, we’re building a better tomorrow for our employees, customers, partners, and communities.

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: Sr. Manager/Director, Software Development

What You Bring

• BS/MS Computer Science or equivalent with a minimum of 10+ years of experience developing enterprise software solutions in C/C++ on Linux or a MS in Computer/Electrical/Electronic Engineering or Computer Science with 8+ years or PhD in engineering or related Science with 5+ years of Industry Experience preferred.
• Experience working with Python is desired.
• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures is required.
• Experience working in distributed and scale-out fault-tolerant applications is highly desired.
• Experience developing storage systems, particularly flash and SSD-based solutions highly desired.
• Knowledge/Experience of file system (ext3, zfs, ntfs, etc.) internals and storage protocols (NFS, SMB, S3, FC, iSCSI, NVMe and NVMe-over-Fabrics) is desired.
• Knowledge/Experience working in network protocols such as TCP/IP, RDMA/RoCE/IB_verbs is desired.
• Collaborate with software engineers to develop, test and integrate storage technologies into our distributed storage system.
• 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.
• An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality products under tight deadlines.

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