Staff Software Engineer

As a Staff Engineer at Cohesity, you will play a crucial role in providing technical leadership and architectural direction for the large-scale, highly available backup and recovery platform. Your responsibilities will include driving system design decisions, mentoring engineers, and leading initiatives to enhance reliability, scalability, and performance across the stack. **Role Overview:** In this role, you will lead the design and evolution of large-scale distributed systems, defining architectural standards for concurrency, scalability, and resilience. You will be responsible for owning critical components of the backup and disaster recovery platform, driving performance optimization initiatives, and ensuring system reliability across Windows and Linux platforms. **Key Responsibilities:**

• Provide expert-level C++ development and debugging leadership in Linux and Windows environments. - Architect and optimize high-performance Windows applications and services, including Win32-based systems. - Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex production issues. - Drive innovation in backup and disaster recovery technologies, including integrations with Microsoft SQL Server. - Lead high-impact projects from concept to delivery, collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve field issues and shape roadmap priorities. - Mentor senior engineers, elevate engineering standards, and contribute to long-term platform evolution. **Qualifications Required:**
• 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems in C++ across Linux and Windows platforms. - Proven track record of architecting and scaling production-grade systems. - Deep expertise in multithreading, concurrency, and performance engineering. - Strong hands-on experience with backup and disaster recovery systems, Windows application, and systems programming. - Experience working with engineering tools such as JIRA, GitHub, and TestRail. - BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience. - Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and mentor engineers. If you are looking to join a leader in AI-powered data security and have a passion for technical leadership and system architecture, Cohesity welcomes your application. As a Staff Engineer at Cohesity, you will play a crucial role in providing technical leadership and architectural direction for the large-scale, highly available backup and recovery platform. Your responsibilities will include driving system design decisions, mentoring engineers, and leading initiatives to enhance reliability, scalability, and performance across the stack. **Role Overview:** In this role, you will lead the design and evolution of large-scale distributed systems, defining architectural standards for concurrency, scalability, and resilience. You will be responsible for owning critical components of the backup and disaster recovery platform, driving performance optimization initiatives, and ensuring system reliability across Windows and Linux platforms. **Key Responsibilities:**