Senior Software Engineer (Storage Virtualization Team)

Jobgether; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 127,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Career growth

Learning opportunities

Technical ownership

Remote-friendly

International team

Innovative culture

Impactful work

Collaborative environment

AI infrastructure

Job summary

Partner Company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Storage Virtualization Team in Germany. You will design and build distributed, fault-tolerant storage infrastructure for a next-generation AI cloud platform, focusing on low latency, high throughput, and scalable virtualization.

In a high-performance, international engineering environment, you will work on virtio-blk, virtio-fs, QEMU, vhost-user, and networking between VMs and storage over TCP/RDMA, with emphasis on reliability,

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in C++ for reliable, high-performance backend software.
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Experience with operating system internals (I/O, memory management, scheduling).
• Experience debugging complex software across multiple layers.
• Ability to design and deliver production-quality code.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.
• Collaborative, team-oriented in an international environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain distributed, fault-tolerant storage systems for large-scale cloud infrastructure.
• Build high-performance block and filesystem storage solutions for demanding workloads.
• Develop virtualization components including virtio-blk, virtio-fs, QEMU, vhost-user.
• Work on high-throughput networking between VMs and storage using TCP and RoCEv2/RDMA.
• Analyze and optimize system performance toward sub-millisecond latency and millions of IOPS.
• Write reliable, maintainable code with strong fault tolerance.

Skills

C++

Distributed systems

Operating systems internals

Performance optimization

English communication

Team collaboration

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Storage Virtualization Team) based in Germany.

Join a high-performance engineering team building distributed storage infrastructure for a next-generation AI cloud platform.
You’ll design and develop fault-tolerant storage systems capable of delivering extremely low latency and massive throughput at hyperscale.
Your work will sit at the intersection of virtualization, operating systems, networking, and distributed systems.
You’ll tackle challenging engineering problems involving performance-critical I/O paths, replication, consensus, and self-healing infrastructure.
The role offers substantial technical ownership and the opportunity to work on systems where reliability and efficiency are essential.
You’ll collaborate with experienced engineers in an international, fast-moving environment where technical excellence and innovation are highly valued.
This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on the infrastructure powering demanding AI and cloud workloads.

Accountabilities

• Design, develop, and maintain distributed, fault-tolerant storage systems for large-scale cloud infrastructure.
• Build and optimize high-performance block and filesystem storage solutions designed for demanding workloads.
• Develop and improve virtualization components involving virtio-blk, virtio-fs, QEMU, vhost-user, and performance-critical I/O paths.
• Work on high-throughput networking between virtual machines and storage systems using TCP and RoCEv2/RDMA.
• Design and implement storage capabilities including replication, consensus, self-healing, and data migration.
• Analyze and optimize system performance to support sub-millisecond latency, millions of IOPS, and extremely high throughput.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues across software, storage, virtualization, networking, and operating-system layers.
• Write reliable, maintainable, and production-quality code with a strong focus on performance and fault tolerance.
• Contribute to technical design discussions, architecture decisions, code reviews, testing, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with other engineers and technical teams to deliver robust infrastructure at scale.
• Participate in coding interviews and technical evaluations as part of the hiring process.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally working on complex backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
• Strong professional proficiency in C++ and experience using it to build reliable, performance-sensitive software.
• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
• Practical knowledge of operating system internals, particularly I/O, memory management, and scheduling.
• Experience debugging complex software and systems issues across multiple technical layers.
• Ability to design and implement reliable, maintainable, production-quality code.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with an interest in performance optimization and technically challenging infrastructure problems.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, storage, virtualization, networking, or cloud infrastructure is highly valuable.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, international engineering environment.
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
• Team-oriented mindset with a willingness to share knowledge, participate in technical discussions, and contribute to shared engineering goals.
• Comfortable taking ownership of complex technical problems and driving them toward practical solutions.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation aligned with the seniority and scope of the role.
• Career growth: Opportunities to deepen your expertise in distributed systems, storage, virtualization, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
• Learning opportunities: Work alongside experienced engineers on technically demanding and large-scale systems.
• Technical ownership: Significant autonomy and responsibility in designing and improving critical infrastructure.
• Flexible work environment: Remote-friendly working arrangements within the applicable location framework.
• International environment: Collaborate with talented engineers and technical teams across multiple countries.
• Innovation-focused culture: Work on challenging infrastructure problems supporting advanced AI and cloud workloads.
• Meaningful impact: Contribute directly to highly scalable systems designed for demanding production environments.
• Collaborative culture: Join a team that values engineering excellence, trust, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Future-focused technology: Gain hands-on experience with modern virtualization, high-performance networking, distributed storage, and AI infrastructure.