Senior Engineering Manager Datapath

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the worlds most demanding AI data centers in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services autonomous cars Government academia research and manufacturing.

DDNs A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure. IDC

The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments - Marc Hamilton VP Solutions Architecture & Engineering NVIDIA

DDN is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge data intelligence platform is designed to accelerate AI workloads enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance reliability and scalability DDN empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence.

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation customer-centricity and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management.

Our commitment to innovation customer success and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage.

Senior Manager of Engineering Infinia Data Intelligent Platform

DDN is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Manager of Engineering to lead the design development testing deployment and maintenance of a critical component of the Infinia Data Intelligent Platform. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise in I/O path optimization erasure coding SPDK (Storage Performance Development Kit) and distributed locking mechanisms combined with strong people leadership this role you will balance hands-on technical leadership with team management guiding engineers to deliver high-performance fault-tolerant and secure data management services at extreme scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers fostering a culture of technical excellence strong code quality and continuous learning.
• Set clear performance expectations provide regular feedback conduct performance reviews and support career development for team members.
• Own and execute the teams technical roadmap for storage I/O path optimization ensuring alignment with broader engineering and product objectives.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management Architecture and peer Engineering teams to define requirements review designs and validate technical approaches.
• Provide technical leadership for the analysis design and implementation of next-generation I/O path optimizations to improve throughput latency and overall system performance.
• Guide the evaluation and implementation of erasure coding techniques to balance data durability reliability and storage efficiency.
• Oversee the use of SPDK to integrate effectively with underlying storage platforms and hardware accelerators in heterogeneous environments.
• Drive adoption of best practices in automated testing CI/CD pipelines and system monitoring to improve reliability and development velocity.
• Ensure delivered software meets high standards for quality maintainability documentation and test coverage.
• Act as an escalation point for technical challenges helping the team diagnose and resolve complex system and performance issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• 14 years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on large-scale storage systems I/O path optimization and performance-critical code.
• 5 years of experience leading and managing engineering teams.
• Hands-on experience implementing erasure coding solutions and a strong understanding of redundancy and data protection algorithms.
• Solid knowledge of SPDK and its role within low-level storage stacks or distributed systems.
• Experience with distributed locking mechanisms concurrency control and consistency models in distributed environments.
• Strong understanding of cluster management I/O operations and event-driven architectures.
• Proficiency in networking distributed asynchronous and concurrent programming.
• Proficiency in C/C along with experience using debugging profiling and performance analysis tools.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality software iteratively and on schedule through effective team leadership.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cluster management tools and frameworks.
• Deep understanding of memory management cache allocation and bulk data processing.
• Familiarity with performance analysis methodologies and tooling.
• Background in high-performance computing or other data-intensive environments.

DataDirect Networks Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity gender expression transgender sex stereotyping sexual orientation national origin disability protected Veteran Status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.