Senior Staff Storage Engineer — Distributed Systems Leader

HITEC; City of Poughkeepsie, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to help build Kora Storage, a highly available, multi-tenant storage system. You will act as a technical authority, tackling deep system challenges and shaping the roadmap.

You will mentor engineers, set standards, and collaborate with product, design, and other teams to deliver scalable storage solutions across cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend/infrastructure development experience.
• BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with distributed storage systems and fault tolerance.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop a highly available, multi-tenant storage engine for Kora.
• Set engineering standards and drive end-to-end technical solutions.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other teams to integrate storage features.
• Mentor engineers to foster technical excellence.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend/infrastructure

Java

Scala

C/C++

Go

Leadership

Mentoring

Systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Kafka

Iceberg

Flink

Job description

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to help build Kora Storage, a highly available, multi-tenant storage system. You will act as a technical authority, tackling deep system challenges and shaping the roadmap.

You will mentor engineers, set standards, and collaborate with product, design, and other teams to deliver scalable storage solutions across cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.