Manager, System Software Engineer (Storage)

Location: San Jose, California, United States; hybrid work with in-office and/or in-person expectations

Target salary range: USD 170,000–253,000 annually in OTE, including base salary and potential commission.

Company

hirify.global develops intelligent data infrastructure, unified storage, integrated data services, and cloud solutions across on-premises, multicloud, and AI environments.

What you will do

• Manage and lead engineers developing storage media, RAID, and storage management technologies within ONTAP.
• Drive onboarding, qualification, and integration of storage media, drive firmware, adapters, and hardware platforms.
• Partner with drive vendors, hardware engineering, and product management on technology roadmaps and qualification strategies.
• Advance storage resiliency, reliability, availability, and performance across large-scale deployments.
• Lead architecture, design, implementation, and delivery of enterprise-class storage infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders while investigating complex system-level issues and field escalations.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus 10+ years of experience in systems software, storage, or infrastructure engineering and demonstrated management leadership.
• Strong C/C++ systems programming expertise on Linux/UNIX, including operating systems, multithreading, concurrency, performance tuning, and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of RAID, storage management, distributed file systems, data protection, scalability, high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery.
• Extensive experience with NVMe, SAS, and SATA SSDs, HDDs, TLC/QLC Flash, ZNS devices, single- and dual-port storage devices, storage shelves, and drive firmware qualification.
• Strong knowledge of Fibre Channel adapters, SAS HBAs, NVMe-over-Fabrics, PCIe-based storage architectures, and storage networking protocols.
• Understanding of media performance, garbage collection, endurance management, wear leveling, firmware interactions, reliability engineering, failure analysis, and large-scale storage deployments.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence technology direction, collaborate with storage device vendors, define technical roadmaps, and deliver complex infrastructure solutions from concept through production.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working environment with in-office and in-person expectations communicated during the recruitment process.
• Benefits may include health and life insurance, retirement or pension plans, paid time off, leave options, employee stock purchase plans, and restricted stock units, subject to regional policies.
• Culture emphasizes initiative, ownership, innovation, engineering excellence, flexibility, and inclusion.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed only when submitted through the hirify.global company website; direct emails to employees, recruiters, or Human Resources do not influence the application.
• Some stages for select roles may use AI tools to support application evaluation and candidate selection, with human decision-making retained.