Member of Technical Staff, FlashBlade

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE...

This is an opportunity to be one of the seed members of a growing product team in the FlashBlade BU, one of the fastest growing at Pure. With the FlashBlade product, we are building a scale-out all-flash file and object store, designed for the modern world. To really understand how our customers work with data, we are deeply immersed in AI, modern backup, log analytics with Splunk and Elastic, data pipeline with Kafka, cluster computing with Spark, and many more use cases.

You will love it on the FlashBlade team if you:

• Want to understand how modern applications - like AI or Splunk - work with data and how we can make it better. 
• Enjoy working with distributed systems, algorithms, operating systems, Linux kernel, database internals, hypervisors, containers, compilers and hardware... or at least some of those.
• Are ready to dive into a complex problem and be the one who will drive it to a resolution.

Want to work with other great engineers and develop or refine skills that will serve your entire career.

If you, like us, say “bring it on” to exciting challenges that change the world, we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE...

• Design, collaborate and implement creative new algorithms and technologies for high-performance, highly reliable systems (think six 9’s).
• Own and deliver innovation end-to-end, from concept to shipped product.
• Analyze and solve challenging problems through persistence and insight.
• Engage and effectively interact with stakeholders across product management, product development, system validation, support and even customers.
• Work as a team with smart peers who inspire you and who are inspired by you.
• Make customers really happy, because that’s why we do what we do.
• Learn a ton, whether you know a lot, or nothing about system software.
• Ownership E2E design development and also quality enterprise product/application deliverable exposure.
• A track record of setting and achieving high standards.
• Strong understanding of modern technology architecture

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE)

• 12+ years of experience in Developer level Linux platform experience; Strong programming skills in C, C++, Python, Java, Go or other programming languages, and solid understanding of object-oriented programming.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms and a strong understanding of threads, synchronization, concurrent programming.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options across stakeholders.
• Preferred Hands-on development experience in Storage Domain and related technologies.
• Preferred experience to make strategic architectural decisions and drive design and architecture evolution by driving various arch-forums
•  Understand production systems, deployments and contribute to high availability and uptime of enterprise infrastructure deployments.
• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline;