Senior Software Engineer I

Position Overview:

We are looking for an engineer who will help lead the development and support of current and future storage platforms at scale, with a particular focus on Network File System (NFS) and scalable file storage solutions.The Storage Team supports the operations and development of block volumes, backups, image management, object storage, and scalable file systems like NFS. Our goal is to create a cohesive, singular interface to hypervisor storage, where storage class placement decisions are transparent to the hypervisor client and leverage the full range of block and file storage classes to best satisfy customer needs. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to make impactful contributions to key software, contribute to the open source community, and debug interesting problems at cloud scale.

What You ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain

  scalable NFS solutions

  and

  distributed file systems

  .


• Support the

  creation and operations of distributed systems

  at scale.



• Program in Go

  and other modern languages to develop

  high-performance storage solutions

  .


• Collaborate with a

  highly motivated team

  to architect, develop, and optimize storage services.



• Contribute to and leverage open-source communities

  , especially in the file storage ecosystem.


• Solve

  complex, large-scale engineering problems

  in a technically challenging environment.

Key Metrics

• Service Availability (SLO/SLA):

  
  
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    Control Plane 99.9% uptime

  
  
  • 
    

    Data Plane 99.95% uptime (monthly)

  
  
  
  



• MTTD / MTTR:

  
  
  • 
    

    Median detection and recovery time for Sev-1/Sev-2 incidents (tracked quarterly).

  
  
  
  



• Incident Volume & Change-Failure Rate:

  
  
  • 
    

    Track number of incidents and % of releases that require rollbacks or trigger incidents (monthly).

  
  
  
  



• Customer Adoption & Usage Growth:

  
  
  • 
    

    Growth in active NFS customers, mounts/clients, and total provisioned capacity (measured quarterly).

  
  
  
  



• Operational Efficiency / Automation:

  
  
  • 
    

    Reduction in manual operations and toil, measured as % decrease in ops tickets or hours.

  
  
  
  



• Feature Delivery:

  
  

  • on time

  
  
  
  

• We innovate with purpose.

  You ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.



• We prioritize career development.

  At DO, you ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learnings 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.



• We care about your well-being.

  Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.



• We reward our employees.

  The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.



• We value diversity and inclusion.

  We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

*This job is located in Hyderabad, India

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