Staff Software Engineer

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the world's most demanding AI data centers, in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services, autonomous cars, Government, academia, research and manufacturing.

"DDN's A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure." - IDC

"The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments" - Marc Hamilton, VP, Solutions Architecture & Engineering | NVIDIA

DDN is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge data intelligence platform is designed to accelerate AI workloads, enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance, reliability, and scalability, DDN empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation, customer-centricity, and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation, customer success, and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer for our Infinia Storage engineering team who will design, build and deliver strategic and modern components of the Quality Engineering process and infrastructure, for the Infinia engineering organization: This crucial member of QE will rely on their software engineering skills to develop software automation tools and infrastructure to enable highly complex test and customer-focused simulated scenarios, for all phases of testing storage subsystems. They will evaluate, recommend, and implement methods to expedite testing cycles and improve overall test and product quality.

Key Responsibilities:

Drive design discussions, build prototypes and deliver high quality Test and Engineering Velocity solutions
• Conduct code reviews and improve scalability, stability and reliability of test solutions.
• Collaborate with and lead teammates as a unified group of passionate engineers in an outcome- oriented environment.
• Architect, design and develop automated solutions to expedite test.
• Design test plans, and test cases, leveraging test automation
• Drive and partner with other test and development engineers to develop overall automation test architecture that is flexible and reusable across storage platforms.
• Review acceptance criteria, reviews test cases and test automation code, sets up environments, and communicates regularly to project team on defects, issues, and QE status
• Coordinate testing effort with other project teams across the globe
• Work closely with the Test Architects, Test Leads, Test Engineers and Developers/Designers to understand and provide solutions for any challenges that could impact the delivery of test automation.
• Work with system architecture/design team to understand future products coming so test architecture is designed to handle what is provided.

Qualifications:

• BS/MS/Ph.D in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics or equivalent degree/experience.

Experience:

• 8 years of Software Development or Software Development for Test experience, preferably in technology domains involving distributed concurrent systems, data or storage systems.
• Experience with QE methodology, functional and structural testing techniques (Agile a plus)
• Must have experience in python or related modern high-level languages, pytest and bash. Experience in ansible is a plus.
• Good problem solving, organizational, interpersonal and team skills
• Ability to work seamlessly as part of a multi-site, multicultural engineering team
• Self-motivated, passionate, and driven to achieve committed milestones
• Strong team player with excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment with a broad scope of evolving responsibilities

Preferred Experience:

• Ability to read and understand coding languages and logic including C and GoLang
• Knowledge of parallel file system solutions (Lustre, GPFS), NVM storage technology or distributed key-value storage systems
• Knowledge of Object Storage and its usage
• High Performance Computing system installation and management is helpful to perform day-to-day activities for this role

Join our dynamic and driven team, where engineering excellence is at the heart of everything we do. We seek individuals who love to challenge themselves and are fueled by curiosity. Here, you'll have the opportunity to work across various areas of the company, thanks to our flat organizational structure that encourages hands-on involvement and direct contributions to our mission. Leadership is earned by those who take initiative and consistently deliver outstanding results, both in their work ethic and deliverables, making strong prioritization skills essential. Additionally, we value strong communication skills in all our engineers and researchers, as they are crucial for the success of our teams and the company as a whole.

Interview Process: After submitting your application, one of our recruiters will review your resume. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 30-minute interview during which a member of our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the interview, you will enter the main process, which can consist of up to four interviews in total:

• Coding assessment: Often in a language of your choice.
• Systems design: Translate high-level requirements into a scalable, fault-tolerant service (depending on role).
• Real-time problem-solving: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session.
• Meet and greet with the wider team.
• Our goal is to finish the main process in 2-3 weeks at most.

DataDirect Networks (DDN) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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