Senior Software Engineer

Overview

DDN is The Leading Big Data Storage Supplier to Data-Intensive, Global Organizations

For over 15 years, DDN has designed, developed, deployed and optimized systems, software and solutions which enable enterprises, service providers, universities and government agencies to generate more value and accelerate time to insight from their data and information, on premise and in the cloud.

Organizations leverage the power of DDN technology and the deep technical expertise of our team to capture, store, process, analyze, collaborate and distribute data, information and content at largest scale in the most efficient, reliable and cost effective manner. Our customers include many of the world's leading financial services firms and banks, healthcare and life science organizations, manufacturing and energy companies, government and research facilities, and web and cloud service providers.

DDN's sustained Vision and execution have made us the World's largest privately held data storage company. Our technological and market leadership comes from our long term investments in leading edge research and development, our relentless focus on solving our customers' end to end data and information management challenges, and the excellence of our employees around the globe, all relentlessly focused on delivering the highest levels of satisfaction to our customers.

We create and bring to market the most advanced and innovative technologies to solve our customers' complex Big Data challenges. Our technology centers are located in the US, France, Germany, Belarus, China, India and Japan, and our manufacturing facilities are based in the US. You can be proud to work for a dynamic company whose two founders are still actively involved in our operations, and which is helping improve the quality of human life throughout the World.

Job Description

DDN is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to assist with feature design and development of DDN's RED Product. Interested candidates must have a strong background in the design and development of distributed high-performance computing systems and high-performance storage systems. Candidates must have strong verbal and written communication skills and excellent organizational skills.

Responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to:

• Designing and developing features for DDN's RED technology

• Clearly documenting all aspects of your work

• Communicating effectively with coworkers

• Effectively managing your time on the projects assigned to you

• Providing regular reports on your project progress to team members and supervisors

Qualifications for this role include:

• BS or MS or Ph.D degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

• A reasonable level of fluency in English

• Minimum 10 years of software development experience including a strong background in the following skills and areas:

• C/C++ software development for Linux / UNIX computing environments

• Design and development of multi-threaded, distributed, High-Performance Computing (HPC) system software and / or middleware

• Software version control systems

• Software unit testing frameworks

• Writing system tests or automation scripts in Perl, Python, or shell scripting languages

• Profiling and debugging I/O and CPU performance bottlenecks at various scales (per-socket, per-node, and cluster-wide).

• Experience developing software using:

• Low-latency, high-bandwidth High-Performance Computing (HPC) networks

• Parallel file system solutions (Lustre, GPFS)

• SCSI and block storage controllers

• Object storage systems

• NVM storage technology

• The ideal candidate has knowledge of and experience using:

• HPC application programming models

• Memory mapped IO programming models (mmap)

• Event-driven programming models

• Lock-free programming concepts

• Distributed key-value storage systems (memcached)

• Common HPC I/O interfaces and libraries (POSIX, MPI-IO, netCDF / PnetCDF, HDF5)

• Linux kernel internals

• Agile software development

• Test-driven software development

DDN Core Characteristics

DDN has a very strong orientation towards these 4 characteristics and any successful employee will demonstrate these capabilities:

Self-Starter

• Takes independent action to identify and solve problems. Seeks out relevant information needed to make decisions. Gets involved with new initiatives.

Success/Achievement Orientation

• Delivers quality results consistently. Targets, achieves (or exceeds) measurable results. Sets challenging goals, focuses on critical priorities, and is accountable.

Problem Solving

• Recognizes problems and responds with a systematic assessment that identifies and addresses cause of issue. Practical, realistic, and resourceful.

Innovative

• Builds and improves key business processes that enhance the effectiveness of DDN. Generates new ideas, challenges the status quo, and solves problems creatively.

DataDirect Networks, Inc. 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.