Senior Storage Software Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 97,300 - 131,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team development

Creativity and innovation

Impact and influence

Deliver on your promises

Partnership focus

Teamwork and communication

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Cambridge, United Kingdom is seeking Staff Software Engineers with deep expertise in high-performance storage software. You will work on development platforms, FPGAs, and early silicon, collaborating across teams and open-source projects to optimize storage pipelines and system performance.

Key requirements include top-level C/C++ skills, understanding of multicore OS concepts, and experience with PCIe/CXL, block/Object storage, and file systems.

Qualifications

• Highly proficient in C and C++.
• Deep understanding of OS concepts: processes, threads, locks, memory.
• Experience with storage areas: PCIe, CXL, block/object/file systems (NFS).
• Expertise in debugging and optimizing performance of complex systems.
• Experience with modern software development practices: Git, Agile, code reviews.

Responsibilities

• Identify bottlenecks and missing features with internal and external teams.
• Influence architecture by understanding storage requirements.
• Enable and optimize storage software on company servers.
• Improve code quality through testing and CI/CD automation.
• Contribute to open-source projects: develop, upstream, maintain code.
• Mentor colleagues and grow the team's capabilities.

Skills

C and C++

OS concepts

Multicore architectures

Storage architectures

Debugging & performance

Git & Agile

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Cambridge, United Kingdom is seeking Staff Software Engineers with deep expertise in high-performance storage software. You will work on development platforms, FPGAs, and early silicon, collaborating across teams and open-source projects to optimize storage pipelines and system performance.

Key requirements include top-level C/C++ skills, understanding of multicore OS concepts, and experience with PCIe/CXL, block/Object storage, and file systems.