Principal Engineer - Data path - HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 (Object Storage product development)

Zerto; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal Engineer for Data path in the HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 (Object Storage product development). Hybrid work with ~2 days per week in-office, focused on storage system design and leadership across platforms.

The role requires strong C/C++, OS internals, and multi-threaded programming, with 15+ years in storage product development and a track record delivering early-stage storage solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS/IS or equivalent.
• 15+ years of product development in storage/system engineering.
• Track record of delivering V1 products in storage technologies.
• Proven ability to meet performance requirements, work plans and schedules for large engineering initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develops organization-wide architectures and methodologies for software systems design across multiple platforms.
• End-to-End Ownership and Technical Leadership.
• Identifies and evaluates new technologies aligned with roadmap and business value; creates integration plans.
• Anticipate bottlenecks and architect innovative solutions.
• Reviews and evaluates designs for compliance with guidelines and standards; provide feedback to improve quality.
• Drive best practices and operational excellence at team and org level.
• Coach and mentor junior/mid-level developers.
• Influence decisions of executive leadership and external partners.

Skills

C/C++

Multi-threaded programming

OS internals

Data structures & algorithms

Distributed systems

Memory & space management

Virtualization / De-duplication

Performance tuning & modeling

Storage protocols (iSCSI/SCSI, FC, NFS

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems

Job description

Principal Engineer - Data path - HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 (Object Storage product development)

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

In the HPE Hybrid Cloud, we lead the innovation agenda and technology roadmap for all of HPE. This includes managing the design, development, and product portfolio of our next‑generation cloud platform, Green Lake. Working with customers, we help them reimagine their information technology needs to deliver a simple, consumable solution that helps them drive their business results. Join us redefine what’s next for you.

What you'll do:

• Develops organization-wide architectures and methodologies for software systems design and development across multiple platforms and organizations within the Global Business Unit.
• End-to-End Ownership and Technical Leadership
• Identifies and evaluates new technologies, innovations, and outsourced development partner relationships for alignment with technology roadmap and business value; creates plans for integration and update into architecture.
• Anticipate bottlenecks and architect innovative solutions
• Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and mitigate failure risk.
• Drive best practices and operational excellence both at the team and organizational level
• Coach and mentor junior and mid-level developers to help them grow technically and understand best practices
• Leverages recognized domain expertise, business acumen, and experience to influence decisions of executive business leadership, outsourced development partners, and industry standards groups.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to less- experienced staff members to set an example of software systems design and development innovation and excellence.

What you need to bring:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• 15+ years of experience in a product development environment on storage/system engineering
• Track record of delivering V1 products (or early‑stage product development) in modern storage technologies (Object/File storage for modern AI use‑cases, Object storage, cloud storage)
• A track record of establishing and assuring adherence to performance requirements, work plans, and schedules for significant engineering initiatives

Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience designing and developing software systems design tools and languages.
• Experience in storage product development either file, block or object storage.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience in overall architecture of software systems for products and solutions.
• Designing and integrating software systems running on multiple platform types into overall architecture.
• Evaluating and selecting forms and processes for software systems testing and methodology, including writing and execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools.
• History of innovation with multiple patents or deployed solutions in the field of software design.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.
• Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and negotiate options at business unit and executive levels.
• Must have very strong system programming background with C/C++ for large enterprise class software.
• Must have proficiency with data structures, algorithms and multi‑threaded programming
• Must have in depth knowledge of OS internals.
• Must be capable of debugging issues in multi‑threaded and clustered environments.
• Prior experience in one or more of the following areas is a huge plus:
  • Data‑path on large and complex modules.
  • Distributed Systems, Clustering or HA
  • Memory& Space management, Virtualization or De‑duplication
  • Replication, QoS, Storage Protocols (iSCSI/SCSI, FC, NFS, CIFS).
  • Performance tuning and modeling
  • Large Objects and Multi‑part upload design/code complexities

Accessibility

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Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_05

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