DDN · 2 weeks ago
Staff Software Engineer – Object Storage
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expDataDirect Networks (DDN) is a global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management, seeking a Staff Software Engineer to focus on object storage at scale. The role involves defining the technical roadmap, mentoring engineers, and leading architecture and implementation of features for distributed object storage systems.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataData StorageEnterprise SoftwarePredictive Analytics
Responsibilities
Define and own the long-term technical roadmap for DDN’s next-gen object storage platform
Design and implement core object storage subsystems, including data placement strategies, metadata indexing, erasure coding, and consistency models
Lead architectural reviews, guide design discussions, and mentor senior engineers across multiple teams
Solve complex challenges related to massive data concurrency, geo-replication, data durability, and read/write performance
Optimize data paths, metadata lookups, and caching strategies to support real-time, high-throughput AI and analytics pipelines
Contribute to intelligent tiering, multi-site consistency models, and policy-driven object lifecycle management
Collaborate with distributed systems and networking teams to ensure end-to-end reliability, from disk to client
Develop features that support billions of objects, multi-petabyte deployments, and sub-second latency guarantees
Implement observability hooks and metrics that feed into telemetry and AI-driven tuning systems
Partner with Product Management, QA, and Field Engineering to prioritize work, clarify customer requirements, and ensure production readiness
Work with AI/ML platform teams to align storage performance with RAG pipelines, model training, and autonomous workflows
Drive a culture of excellence, code quality, and operational rigor across the object storage organization
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in distributed systems or storage engineering, with deep hands-on experience in object storage (e.g., S3, Ceph, MinIO, Scality)
Expertise in C/C++ with a strong understanding of performance profiling, memory management, and multi-threading
Solid understanding of storage constructs like erasure coding, consistency protocols, tiering, replication, and access control
Proven track record of designing scalable systems with high availability and low latency under real-world workloads
Experience mentoring engineers, leading complex codebases, and aligning technical work to product strategy
Preferred
Experience working on high-performance storage for AI/ML data pipelines or HPC environments
Familiarity with cloud-native storage APIs, S3 compatibility layers, and Kubernetes-based deployments
Understanding of file-to-object transition patterns and hybrid storage architectures
Contributions to open-source storage frameworks or prior experience in highly scalable storage startups
Company
DDN
DDN (DataDirect Networks) is the world’s leading AI and data intelligence company, empowering organizations to maximize the value of their data with end-to-end HPC and AI-focused solutions.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$309.9MKey Investors
Blackstone Group
2025-01-09Private Equity· $300M
2002-01-02Series A· $9.9M
Leadership Team
Alex Bouzari
Chairman, Co-Founder and CEO
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Paul Bloch
President and Founder
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