Staff Software Engineer

Overview

Design and build massively distributed, web-scale systems, including the core backend of the Cohesity Data Platform and Cohesity SpanFS.

What you'll do

• Design and build the core backend of the Cohesity Data Platform and Cohesity SpanFS (limitless filesystem).
• Work across a large variety of features, including hyper-convergence, distributed data path, distributed filesystem, object storage, cloud services, asynchronous programming, performance optimization, consensus protocols, snapshots, resiliency, deduplication, compression, replication, multiple protocols, and fault-tolerance.

What you'll need

• Experience with large-scale, highly available distributed systems.
• Experience working on large-scale engineering challenges.
• Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and parallel processing.
• Expert-level programming and debugging skills in C++.
• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling.
• Hands-on experience with replication and disaster recovery, and NAS protocols such as SMB, CIFS, NFS, S3, NAS, filers, and file systems.
• Proven skills in solving complex problems.
• Debugging, diagnosing, and troubleshooting complex, production-grade software.
• Identifying performance bottlenecks and applying performance optimization.
• Strong coding experience in C++ with 8+ years of experience in file system development.
• Comfortable using tools such as JIRA, GitHub, and Testrail.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering.
• Developing and solving problems for large-scale distributed systems written in C++ on Linux and Windows platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with distributed filesystems and object storage.

Details

• Location: Bangalore.
• Work mode: Employees within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty-five minute average travel time) work out of core offices 2-3 days a week of their choosing.
• Candidates outside the area should apply only if committed to relocating prior to their start date and having the legal right to work in the job location.