Senior Engineer – Distributed File Systems & Linux Platform

• Design of scalable, fault-tolerant distributed file systems (e.g., object/block/file storage)
• Define system architecture for high availability, consistency, and performance
• Drive design decisions across storage, networking, and compute layers
• Deep involvement in Linux kernel, filesystem internals, and I/O stack
• Optimize performance across: VFS layer, page cache, block layer, Networking stack (TCP/IP, RDMA), Debug kernel-level issues (panic, memory leaks, I/O bottlenecks). - Design and implement: Replication, erasure coding, Consensus protocols (Raft/Paxos), Metadata management systems, Ensure strong/ eventual consistency models
• Analyze and improve system performance (latency, throughput, IOPS)
• Conduct benchmarking and capacity planning
• Optimize for large-scale deployments (PB-scale storage)
• Build systems for fault detection, recovery, and self-healing
• Implement observability:
• Metrics
• Tracing
• Logging
• Root cause analysis of production issues

Who you are…

• Bachelor's degree required. - 3+ years of experience in systems engineering. - Strong expertise in : Linux kernel internals, Filesystems (ext4, XFS, btrfs, ZFS concepts), Distributed storage systems (Ceph, HDFS, GlusterFS, Lustre). - Deep understanding of Memory management, Concurrency and synchronization, Networking protocols

• Debugging & Tools : perf, ftrace, eBPF, gdb, System profiling and tracing tools, Crash dump analysis

• Strong problem-solving mindset

• Ability to lead without authority

• Excellent communication with cross-functional teams

• Defines storage architecture used by millions of users

• Drives performance improvements at infrastructure level

• Security and SaaS experience strongly preferred. You’ll love working here because:

• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

• Annual health check-ups, Car lease Program, and Tuition Reimbursement

• An inclusive company culture, an opportunity to join our Community Guilds

• Personal accident cover and Term life cover

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