Member Of Technical Staff, Portworx - Backend Engineering Lead (Go, Kubernetes)

Overview

Lead the design and delivery of Portworx's Kubernetes-native backup and restore solution as a technical anchor for the team.

What you'll do

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of Portworx's Kubernetes-native backup and restore solution, serving as a technical anchor for the team.
• Design and build cloud-native services that operate reliably at scale, with a strong emphasis on performance, quality, and efficiency in both design and implementation.
• Deeply leverage Kubernetes constructs (operators, CRDs, controllers, CSI) to build robust, production-grade data protection capabilities.
• Ensure security, resilience, stability, and high availability are first-class considerations in every design and implementation decision.
• Design and develop robust, well-defined APIs that integrate seamlessly with the frontend and Web UI.
• Drive architectural decisions and technical direction for the product, mentor engineers, and set the bar for engineering quality through design reviews and code reviews.
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex features, from design documents through implementation, testing at scale, and production readiness.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of proven development experience in enterprise-grade products for private or public cloud offerings (e.g., vSphere, OpenShift bare metal, or AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Experience with enterprise systems products in the network or storage domain.
• Experience building distributed systems with strong concepts on consensus, cluster membership, scalability, and resilience.
• Expertise in Golang programming or C++.
• Expertise in building scalable systems for Kubernetes.
• In-depth knowledge of container and microservices architecture.
• Demonstrated experience in designing scalable gRPC/REST-based backends.
• Demonstrated mentorship and individual leadership in solving ambiguous technical problems.
• Demonstrated ability to perform deep troubleshooting of problems involving Kubernetes, storage vendors, performance, and OS in user and kernel space.
• Understanding of cloud delivery models such as SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Work mode: primarily 5 days in-office at the Bangalore office, in compliance with Pure's policies, unless on PTO, work travel, or other approved leave.