Job
Description
In the role of Senior Software Development Engineer , you take a leading role in the design, development, and delivery of Cluster Management and Orchestration capabilities for the IBM Ceph product.
You are a proactive technical leader who thrives on solving complex, large-scale distributed systems problems, while driving engineering excellence across the team. You balance hands-on technical contributions with mentoring and guiding junior engineers, ensuring that solutions are robust, maintainable, and aligned with product vision.You will be:
Leading the design and architecture of new product features for IBM Ceph Management and Orchestration, working closely with product management and cross-functional teams.
Driving complex feature development from concept to delivery, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
Providing technical guidance, conducting design reviews, and mentoring team members to grow their technical skills.
Participating in and facilitating code reviews, ensuring adherence to high coding and design standards.
Troubleshooting and resolving deep, cross-module technical issues in existing deployments.
Ensuring that deliverables are supported by comprehensive testing, documentation, and best practices in secure, maintainable code.
Required education Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise 12+ years of industry experience in backend software development, distributed systems, and microservices architecture, with a track record of technical leadership.Demonstrated experience in end-to-end design, from requirements and architecture to deployment and operational readiness.Proven expertise in software development and debugging using Python and Shell scripting, with deep knowledge of Linux systems programming at the user level.Strong understanding of virtualization (KVM, VMWare) and container technologies (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, OCP).Ability to diagnose and resolve complex problems involving multiple modules and interdependencies.Understanding of the storage domain and storage software stack implementation, including troubleshooting at scale.Experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers in technical and process matters.Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present designs, influence decisions, and report program status with clarity.Hands-on experience with Git and modern CI/CD workflows.
Preferred technical and professional experience Experience as a technical lead or architect in large-scale, distributed software projects.Hands-on experience with Ceph or other enterprise-grade storage systems, including architecture and performance tuning.Experience collaborating with globally distributed teams and stakeholders.Background in designing secure, highly available, and performant solutions for enterprise environments.