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Staff Software Engineer, Storage

Bellevue, WA💼 Full-time💰 $188,000–$188,000🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and own foundational storage subsystems (file, block, object) for the world's largest AI training and inference workloads, running next to GPUs.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Storage Systems)

Builds

High-performance multi-tenant file and block storage services, control plane, CSI drivers, and distributed filesystems for AI clusters.

Domain

AI Infrastructure / High-Performance Storage Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed file systems, block storage engines, storage data path optimization, Kubernetes (CSI, operators), systems programming (Rust/C++/Go), RDMA/GPU Direct Storage protocols, telemetry and observability

Preferred skills

Experience building storage products from scratch, published systems work, deep knowledge of AI IO patterns

Technologies

Go, Rust, C++, Kubernetes, CSI, RDMA, GPU Direct Storage, RoCE, InfiniBand, SPDK, Ceph, Lustre, NFS, S3

Responsibilities

Set technical direction for foundational storage services, own architecture and delivery of multi-tenant storage, design for AI-specific IO patterns, ship storage as a first-class Kubernetes citizen, drive reliability and observability, lead design reviews and mentor senior engineers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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