Senior Engineering Manager - Cloud Storage & Exascale

DDN; California; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DDN is seeking an engineering leader to direct EXAScaler data services across S3 object access, NAS, and managed Lustre in public cloud environments. You will oversee technical direction, delivery discipline, and customer-impact initiatives for enterprise and AI/HPC deployments.

You will coach senior engineers, drive architecture, coordinate with product management, and champion reliability, performance, and lifecycle excellence across distributed storage platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead geographically distributed engineering teams across US, India, and other locations.
• Own delivery planning, execution discipline, engineering metrics, and predictable releases.
• Coach senior engineers and technical leads; support hiring and performance development.
• Establish a high-ownership culture focused on technical depth, quality, and customer impact.
• Drive architecture and execution for S3DS, NSDS, and Lustre service capabilities within EXAScaler.
• Collaborate with Product Management to translate roadmaps into engineering plans and measurable deliverables.
• Guide design decisions across distributed storage, metadata, API layers, availability, and scalability.
• Balance new features with maintainability, performance, reliability, and lifecycle management.
• Build production-ready engineering practices for managed storage services, including release readiness and observability.
• Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous operational improvement.
• Drive automation for diagnostics, telemetry, deployment validation, and service health reporting.
• Partner with Support, Customer Success, Field Engineering, and Cloud Operations to improve customer experience.

Job description

DDN is seeking an engineering leader to direct EXAScaler data services across S3 object access, NAS, and managed Lustre in public cloud environments. You will oversee technical direction, delivery discipline, and customer-impact initiatives for enterprise and AI/HPC deployments.

You will coach senior engineers, drive architecture, coordinate with product management, and champion reliability, performance, and lifecycle excellence across distributed storage platforms.