Sr Staff Software Engineer- Performance

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. DataDirect Networks (reputed company) is a global reputed company reputed company for powering many of the world's most demanding AI data centers, in industries ranging from life sciences and reputed company to financial services, autonomous reputed company, Government, academia, research and manufacturing.

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Our commitment to innovation, reputed company, and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven reputed company looking to reputed company a lasting reputed company in the world of AI and data storage. 

We are seeking a Sr Staff Software Engineer – Performance with deep expertise in data reputed company and I/O performance for large-reputed company distributed file systems. This role is for a senior technical leader who drives performance architecture across the storage stack, from low-level reputed company paths to system-wide behavior at massive reputed company.

You will define performance reputed company, guide architectural reputed company, and reputed company reputed company performance investigations for high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems. This role combines hands-on technical depth with broad architectural influence.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own performance architecture for data reputed company and I/O reputed company components across distributed file systems
• reputed company performance analysis and optimization of large-reputed company, high-performance, reputed company-out file systems
• Architect performance-reputed company designs across CPU, memory, storage, and network reputed company
• Drive optimization of performance-critical file system reputed company, primarily in C++
• Establish best practices for performance measurement, profiling, benchmarking, and regression detection
• reputed company deep-dive investigations into reputed company, system-wide performance issues
• Influence system architecture with a performance-first reputed company
• Mentor senior and staff engineers on performance engineering techniques and methodologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure performance goals are met across the stack
• Represent performance considerations in design reviews and long-term roadmap planning

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in performance engineering, systems engineering, or distributed systems
• Deep understanding of distributed file systems and reputed company-out storage architectures
• Expert-level knowledge of data reputed company and I/O reputed company design and optimization
• Strong proficiency in C++ with extensive experience in performance-critical reputed company
• Proven expertise in performance measurement techniques, including profiling, tracing, benchmarking, and custom tooling
• Strong reputed company in distributed systems principles, including scalability, concurrency, and fault tolerance
• Demonstrated experience optimizing file system or storage system reputed company for performance at reputed company
• Experience with high-performance, reputed company-out file systems in production environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with kernel-level and user-reputed company I/O stacks
• Deep understanding of modern storage hardware (NVMe, SSDs, RDMA, high-speed networking)
• Experience building or evolving performance frameworks and benchmarking infrastructure
• Background in reputed company programming, lock-free or low-contention designs
• Experience influencing architecture across multiple teams or large codebases

What reputed company Looks Like

• reputed company performance architecture guiding system design and implementation
• Significant, measurable improvements in throughput, latency, and scalability
• Early identification and prevention of performance regressions
• Performance expertise that elevates engineering reputed company across the organization

Join our dynamic and driven team, where engineering reputed company is at the heart of everything we do. We reputed company individuals who love to challenge themselves and are reputed company by curiosity. Here, you'll have reputed company to work across various areas of reputed company, reputed company to our flat organizational structure that encourages hands-on involvement and reputed company contributions to our mission. Leadership is reputed company by those who take initiative and consistently deliver outstanding results, both in their work ethic and deliverables, making strong prioritization skills essential. Additionally, we value strong communication skills in reputed company our engineers and researchers, as they are crucial for the reputed company of our teams and reputed company as a whole.

Interview Process: After submitting your application, one of our recruiters will review your resume. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 30-minute interview during which a member of reputed company will ask some basic questions. If you reputed company the interview, you will reputed company the main process, which can consist of up to four interviews in total:

• Coding assessment: Often in a language of your choice.
• Systems design: Translate high-level requirements into a reputed company, fault-tolerant service (depending on role).
• reputed company-time problem-solving: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session.
• Meet and greet with the wider team.
• Our goal is to finish the main process in 2-3 weeks at most.

DataDirect Networks (reputed company) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative reputed company employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, gender, gender identity, gender reputed company, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national reputed company, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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