Senior Staff Software Engineer, S3
Ddn · Santa Clara Colocation, Remote - North Carolina · posted Sep 29, 2026
Open to candidates in United States
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What this role actually asks for
Extracted by RemoteHuntMust have
- •12+ years system software development
- •Expert C/C++
- •Excellent Linux development
- •Full understanding of OS principles
- •Experience designing parallel programs
- •Understanding of Linux File Systems
Nice to have
- •Strong understanding of RDMA
- •Knowledge of performance engineering
- •Experience with Scrum Agile
- •Complex network programming
Tools and technologies
Languages required
The full posting
We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the ongoing development of a S3 compliant high performance file system. The candidate must have proven development experience with technical leadership qualities, effective communication skills and is a self-starter. In addition, the candidate must collaborate with other teams and individuals worldwide to quickly learn DDN products/technology/setup & configuration. The candidate must be able to leverage and integrate the monitoring, health-check and alerting aspects around the product.
Key Responsibilities:
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Maintain, extend, and improve our S3 implementation.
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Design and develop in C/C++ under tight deadlines with minimal supervision
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Define and articulate technical designs with the appropriate details
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Full application development from design to development to testing to deployment
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Participate in technical reviews throughout the course of development
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Architecture and troubleshooting of system level components, especially the file system and related storage system components.
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Undertake research based technical tasks: Define research approach, document results and derive conclusions. Should be able to design a solution based on the research conducted
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Mentor junior developers
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Support product deployment and production defect resolution in a timely manner
Requirements:
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Accountable and highly motivated with solid people skills
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12+ years’ experience system software development and complex problem resolution.
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Expert knowledge of the following programming languages: C/C++
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Excellent Linux development and deployment skills including but not limited to file system development.
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Full understanding of OS principles and architecture of Kernel procedures.
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Broad range of experience with open-source development toolchain like gcc, gdb, g++, git
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Experience designing and developing parallel program
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Good communication skills (verbal and written English).
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Understanding of Linux File Systems
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Knowledge of user space IO frameworks such as Fuse, SPDK
Nice to have:
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Strong understanding of RDMA network principles, libfabric, zero-copy, verbs, etc.
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Knowledge of performance engineering.
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Experience working with Scrum Agile
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Experience of complex network programming, TCP/IP or RDMA.
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