Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IBM Software develops AI-powered, cloud-native products and solutions that support digital transformation, including Confluent’s real-time data streaming technologies. The Senior Staff Software Engineer will serve as a technical authority on the Kora Storage team, designing and developing a highly available, scalable storage engine while addressing distributed systems, performance, fault tolerance, and infrastructure challenges. The role also involves setting engineering standards, collaborating across functions, shaping the technical roadmap, and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
- Storage Engine Development: Design and develop a highly available, performant, reliable, durable, scalable, and multi-tenant storage engine for Kora
- Engineering Leadership: Set the standard for engineering excellence. Be instrumental in driving the technical solutions end-to-end, working closely with the team and key stakeholders to design, architect, and develop top-notch solutions
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product management, design, and other engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of storage features and infrastructure with the broader organization. Act as a trusted advisor for both internal and cross-functional teams, providing guidance on complex technical problems and contributing to high-level decision-making processes
- Mentoring: Mentor engineers across the team and help shape the long-term technical direction
Skills
- 10+ years of relevant backend and/or infrastructure development experience
- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Expertise in Java, Scala, C/C++, Go or other statically typed languages
- Proven experience designing and building large-scale, distributed storage systems
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems concepts, including fault tolerance, consistency, and scalability
- Solid understanding at a systems level (disk, network, operating systems, etc)
- Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to mentor and guide engineers to success
- Master's Degree
- A strong background in distributed storage systems or databases
- Expertise in building and operating modern cloud-based infrastructure and multi-tenant environments
- Experience developing SaaS services on public cloud providers (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Familiarity with or has experience contributing to the following open-source technologies: Apache Kafka, Apache Iceberg, Apache Flink
- Interest in evangelism (giving talks at tech conferences, writing blog posts evangelizing your work)
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