Lead Software Engineer

Overview

Lead Software Engineer for Backblaze’s storage platform supporting B2 Object Storage and Computer Backup.

What you'll do

• Lead technical design discussions and produce clear design documents.
• Drive implementation on large features.
• Develop and apply host-managed SMR support for the storage platform.
• Optimize host-managed SMR support for throughput and costs.
• Shape coding methodologies and best practices.
• Benchmark I/O performance and help resolve bottlenecks.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of OOP experience in Java, Rust, C++, C#, or similar in an enterprise environment.
• Experience building host-managed SMR support for storage systems.
• Experience benchmarking I/O performance and resolving bottlenecks.
• Professional experience building large-scale software systems running on thousands of servers.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Gemini, Cursor, Claude Code).
• Comfort with the software development lifecycle from design through rollout.

Details

• Location: Remote (US).