Senior Software Engineer, Storage Filesystem | Cohesity - Bangalore - Elnath

Cohesity Inc.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage for you and your family

Paid parental leave

Flexible paid time off

Continuous learning opportunities

Job summary

Cohesity Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specialized in Storage Filesystem to join their core development team in Bengaluru, Karnataka. You'll design massively distributed systems and enhance the Cohesity Data Platform, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.

The ideal candidate will possess over 8 years of C++ file system development experience, with strong problem-solving skills and a good grasp of multithreading. Benefits include healthcare coverage, flexible paid time off, and continuous learning opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in file system development.
• Hands-on experience with replication and disaster recovery.
• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling.

Responsibilities

• Design and build massively distributed systems at web-scale.
• Build the core backend of the Cohesity Data Platform.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and apply performance optimization.

Skills

Experience with large-scale, highly available distributed systems

Expert-level programming and debugging skills in C++

Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrency

Proven skills in solving complex problems

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

JIRA

GitHub

Testrail

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Storage Filesystem

Cohesity is the leader in AI‑powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on‑premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design, and for our culture.

Want to join the leader in AI‑powered data security?

As part of this core development team you will design and build massively distributed systems at web‑scale. You will be building the core backend of the Cohesity Data Platform and Cohesity SpanFS (limitless Filesystem). The Cohesity Data Platform is a limitless scale‑out system, the industry’s only hyperconverged platform designed to consolidate all secondary storage and data services built on a web‑scale distributed architecture. Cohesity SpanFS consolidates all secondary storage and eliminates legacy storage silos. It is the only file system that combines NFS, SMB and S3 interfaces, global deduplication, unlimited snapshots and clones, on a web‑scale platform.

How you’ll spend your time here

• Experience with large-scale, highly available distributed systems
• Experience working on large-scale engineering challenges
• Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and parallel processing
• Expert‑level programming and debugging skills in C++
• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling
• Hands‑on experience with replication and disaster recovery, NAS protocols such as SMB, CIFS, NFS, S3, NAS filers, file systems, and familiarity with distributed filesystems and object storage (huge plus)
• Proven skills in solving complex problems
• Debugging, diagnosing, and troubleshooting complex, production‑grade software
• Identifying performance bottlenecks and applying performance optimization

We’d love to talk to you if you have many of the following

• Strong coding experience in C++ with 8+ years experienced in file system development
• Comfortable in using tools such as JIRA, GitHub, and Testrail
• BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering
• Developing and solving problems for large-scale distributed systems written in C++ on Linux and Windows platforms
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making

Benefits

• Healthcare coverage for you and your family
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible paid time off
• Additional company‑wide days off throughout the year
• A robust wellness program
• Continuous learning opportunities
• A competitive salary and additional benefits package

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cohesity is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at 1‑855‑9COHESITY or [e-mail] for assistance.

In‑Office Expectations

Cohesity employees who are within a reasonable commute (e.g. within a forty‑five (45) minute average travel time) work out of our core offices 2‑3 days a week of their choosing.

Remote Eligibility

Interested candidates based outside of the designated areas are welcome to apply, provided they have the right to work in the job location.