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Storage software Director

Storage software Director

ConfidentialBengaluru / Bangalore, India
20 days ago
Job description

Primary title : Director of Storage Software Engineering

Role & Responsibilities

  • Define technical strategy and product roadmap for storage software—block, object, and file services—ensuring alignment with business goals and customer SLAs.
  • Lead and scale multiple engineering teams (architecture, kernel / driver, reliability, QA) to deliver production-grade releases on time and with high quality.
  • Drive architecture and design reviews for distributed storage, replication, snapshotting, tiering, and data-protection features; own trade-offs for performance, cost, and reliability.
  • Partner with hardware, firmware, and silicon teams to co-design storage optimizations (NVMe, NVMe-oF, RDMA) and validate performance at system level.
  • Establish engineering best practices—CI / CD, performance benchmarking, observability, incident response—and mentor senior engineers and architects.
  • Represent the product and roadmap to customers and partners; lead technical due diligence, escalations, and cross-functional go-to-market initiatives.

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 20+ years of proven leadership delivering commercial storage software products or core storage subsystems.
  • Deep expertise in distributed storage architectures and data-protection mechanisms (replication, erasure coding, snapshots).
  • Strong systems programming background (C / C++) and hands-on experience with Linux kernel internals and driver development.
  • Experience with block, object (S3-compatible), and file storage technologies and their operational requirements.
  • Practical knowledge of storage protocols and fabrics : NVMe-oF, iSCSI, RDMA, and SAN / NAS concepts.
  • Track record of shipping high-performance, highly available systems with rigorous benchmarking and observability.
  • Preferred

  • Experience contributing to or leading open-source storage projects (Ceph, OpenZFS, etc.).
  • Familiarity with cloud-native storage integration (Kubernetes CSI, S3 gateway architectures) and public cloud storage services.
  • Background working with NAND / NVMe hardware, firmware partners, or storage appliance design.
  • Benefits & Culture Highlights

  • On-site R&D environment in India with access to hardware labs and real-product integration testing.
  • Competitive compensation, equity opportunities, and a clear career path into senior technical leadership.
  • High-autonomy, innovation-first culture focused on measurable customer impact and technical excellence.
  • Skills : san,block storage,storage,data plane,control plane

    Skills Required

    Nas, San, Replication, C, Snapshots, Driver Development, Iscsi

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