Senior Staff Storage Engineer - Remote Leader in Systems

IBM; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 161,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) and pension

Generous paid time off

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Kora Storage team. You will architect and implement a durable, multi-tenant storage engine, set technical standards, and mentor engineers to drive technical excellence.

You will tackle state management, disk and network I/O, fault tolerance, and work with leaders to shape the core roadmap, delivering high-availability data services for enterprise customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Experience designing and building large-scale distributed storage systems.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems concepts including fault tolerance, consistency, and scalability.
• Leadership skills with mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Storage Engine Development: design a highly available, scalable, multi-tenant storage engine for Kora.
• Engineering Leadership: set standards and drive end-to-end technical solutions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: partner with product, design, and other engineering teams.
• Mentoring: mentor engineers to foster technical excellence.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Leadership

Java/Scala/C/C++/Go

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Apache Kafka

Apache Iceberg

Apache Flink

Job description

IBM Software is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the Kora Storage team. You will architect and implement a durable, multi-tenant storage engine, set technical standards, and mentor engineers to drive technical excellence.

You will tackle state management, disk and network I/O, fault tolerance, and work with leaders to shape the core roadmap, delivering high-availability data services for enterprise customers.