Staff Software Development Engineer (Puls8 OpenEBS)

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Development Engineer to join our OpenEBS/Puls8 team in Bangalore. This is a technical leadership role combining hands-on development with customer support responsibilities. You will drive architectural decisions set technical standards and mentor engineering teams while also providing expert-level support to enterprise customers on complex cloud-native storage implementations.

Key Responsibilities:

Development & Technical Leadership:

Design and develop complex features for OpenEBS/Puls8 with focus on scalability performance and reliability

Drive architectural decisions and technical direction for cloud-native storage solutions

Set and maintain high standards for code quality testing practices and engineering excellence

Lead technical discussions and design reviews across multiple teams

Solve ambiguous complex technical problems with system-wide impact

Mentor senior and junior engineers fostering technical growth across the organization

Contribute to open-source community and represent DataCore at technical forums

Customer Support:

Provide expert-level technical support for complex customer issues

Debug and resolve critical production issues in distributed Kubernetes environments

Partner with team members on architecture and implementation best practices

Translate customer feedback into product improvements and feature requirements

Mandatory Qualifications:

Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or related field

10 years of software development experience with 5 years in storage/distributed systems

Expert-level proficiency in Rust Golang or C with deep understanding of Linux systems programming

Deep expertise in distributed systems consensus algorithms and data replication

Strong knowledge of storage protocols block/file/object storage architectures

Hands-on experience building storage data plane components or storage I/O path development and high-speed storage interfaces (NVMe PCIe)

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes including operators SPDK CSI drivers and StatefulSets

Proven track record of driving technical initiatives with cross-team impact

Experience setting technical direction and mentoring engineering teams

Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills for complex production systems

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Desirable Qualification:

Active contributions to major open-source projects (Kubernetes CNCF projects)

Experience with OpenEBS Rook Longhorn or similar cloud-native storage platforms

Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals and container runtime architectures

Experience with performance optimization at scale and capacity planning

Background in technical customer support or consulting for enterprise customers

Publications conference talks or technical blog posts demonstrating thought leadership

What we offer:

Technical leadership opportunities on cutting-edge cloud-native storage platforms significant influence on product architecture and direction mentorship and impact across global engineering teams work with enterprise customers on mission-critical infrastructure and career growth in a high-impact role.