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Software Senior Principal Engineer (C, Linux, Kernel, Distributed systems)

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Software Senior Principal Engineer (C, Linux, Kernel, Distributed systems)

PowerScale, a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader in Unstructured Data Storage and Management is evolving by re-architecting its stack to cater to the unique demands of the consumer market in the GenAI era. The evolution is driven by efforts to modernize the stack through the development of advanced technologies in data storage systems, cluster management, distributed systems and container management. The modernization initiative will empower PowerScale to provide a composable, disaggregated, software-defined architecture with the capacity to store exabytes of data and deliver unparalleled performance.

What you will achieve

As an experienced software engineer in the FileSystems and DataServices team, you will have the opportunity to use your expertise to work on innovative solutions. You will constantly be challenged in developing and improving new and current technologies with the support of your team behind you as we re-architecture OneFS to deliver value for our customers in this evolving GenAI era.

You will:

  • Design, develop and deliver solutions to distributed computing problems for scale-out OneFS filesystem and data services

  • Develop features for OneFS to address scale, performance, and GenAI readiness of PowerScale

  • Collaborate within and outside of your scrum team during the entire software development cycle to ensure we leverage common components, build optimized solutions with highest quality

Essential Requirements

  • BS in Computer Science or related technical field with minimum 10 years of relevant work experience in UNIX/Linux/ POSIX based systems software development

  • Excellent knowledge of developing system software using C and C++

  • Solid understanding of Data Structures, memory management, algorithms, locking, design patterns, concurrency models, multithreading, parallel programming and asynchronous concepts

  • Knowledge of distributed software systems, operating systems, file systems or embedded software

  • Knowledge of storage networking protocols, connectivity, and architectures

Desirable Requirements

  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.  The base salary range for this position:  $191,000-273,000.

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