Senior Performance Software Engineer, Hyperscale Line of Business (Storage)

TL;DR

Senior Performance Software Engineer, Hyperscale Line of Business (Storage): Building and optimizing performance benchmarking for massive-scale cloud storage environments with an accent on system performance analysis, debugging strategies, and validating customer scenarios. Focus on analyzing challenging system performance issues, recommending solutions, and ensuring optimal performance on various platforms for AI and hyperscale workloads.

Location: We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.

Salary: $180,000 - $270,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a company fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry with innovative thinking and a commitment to growth and teamwork.

What you will do

• Collaborate with a team to build and review performance benchmarking requirements and metrics for storage solutions.
• Research and develop performance benchmarking and debugging strategies.
• Analyze challenging system performance issues and recommend solutions for improvement and optimization.
• Collaborate with product managers and sales engineering to validate customer scenarios and requirements.

Requirements

• MS in Computer Science or a related technical field, or BS with comparable experience.
• 3+ years of experience in system-level performance testing for servers, storage, and databases.
• Experience in systems performance analysis using techniques like CPU profiling, tracing, and standard Linux tools.
• Extensive knowledge of operating system, scheduling policies, locking primitives, data structures, and x86 hardware architecture.
• Strong experience with Linux systems (network configuration, storage stack, system settings, common command/utilities).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; commitment to delivering great software with increasing quality.

Nice to have

• Prior experience in Python and C++.
• Prior experience with NAND flash and FIO.

Culture & Benefits

• Focus on innovation, critical thinking, and being trailblazers.
• Support for personal and professional growth, contributing to meaningful work.
• Emphasis on teamwork, collaboration, and setting aside ego for the greater good.
• Offers flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events.
• Committed to fostering an inclusive team and promoting growth through Employee Resource Groups and inclusive leadership.