Senior Storage Services Architect

Nscale; New York, San Francisco, Seattle (NY, CA, WA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible workplace

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Equity opportunity

Job summary

Nscale is hiring a Senior Engineer, Storage Services to shape architecture and engineering direction for Block, File, Parallel, and Object storage. You’ll lead in a senior IC capacity within Engineering, partnering with platform, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure storage integrates into the broader platform.

You will define how storage services are designed, built, and evolved, driving standards, risk management, and scalable, high-performing capabilities for AI infrastructure at

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior technical role within storage, cloud infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Deep expertise across Block, File, Parallel, and Object storage systems.
• Strong track record leading technical direction in complex environments without formal people management.
• Experience designing and operating large-scale storage or infrastructure services.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, performance, availability, and scalability.
• Experience mentoring engineers and raising technical standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the Storage Services group for Block, File, Parallel, and Object storage services.
• Lead the design of scalable, resilient, and high-performance storage solutions aligned with the platform.
• Guide key engineering decisions, review designs, and uphold high standards of technical quality.
• Drive architectural consistency and governance across storage services.
• Translate storage strategy into clear plans, priorities, and implementation approaches.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical capability across the team.

Skills

Technical leadership

Storage architectures

Distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Architectural review

Communication

Hands-on engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Nscale is hiring a Senior Engineer, Storage Services to shape architecture and engineering direction for Block, File, Parallel, and Object storage. You’ll lead in a senior IC capacity within Engineering, partnering with platform, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure storage integrates into the broader platform.

You will define how storage services are designed, built, and evolved, driving standards, risk management, and scalable, high-performing capabilities for AI infrastructure at