Software Engineering Manager / Product Owner - Object Storage

Quantum US; Centennial (CO); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Quantum is seeking an Software Engineering Manager / Product Owner for Object Storage in Centennial, CO. This hybrid role leads the object storage engineering team, drives backlog priorities, and partners with Product Management on the roadmap.

The candidate will mentor engineers, establish strong development practices, and ensure delivery excellence across S3 data paths and storage hardware tiers. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including systems/distributed storage or similar domains.
• 2+ years of engineering management/technical leadership experience, coaching and developing engineers.
• Experience owning or driving an engineering backlog and working with Product Management on roadmaps and trade-offs.
• Strong understanding of software engineering delivery, architecture, quality, and lifecycle practices.
• Excellent communication across engineering, Product Management, and remote teams, including established teams in Belgium.
• Hybrid role with in-office work at Centennial, CO Tuesday through Thursday.

Responsibilities

• Lead and line-manage the Centennial object storage engineering team, including hiring and performance development.
• Own and prioritize the team backlog based on product priorities, technical needs, and dependencies.
• Define sprint goals and ensure the team has clear priorities and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with Product Management on roadmap planning, scope, sequencing, and trade-offs.
• Balance feature development with technical debt, quality, performance, and reliability.
• Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs to Product Management and the wider organization.
• Guide the team in storage, S3, and data movement domains across NVMe, HDD, and tape.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Engineering management

Backlog ownership

Roadmap planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Software Engineering Manager / Product Owner - Object Storage

Job Category: ENG - Software

Requisition Number: SOFTW002523

• Posted : October 22, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

Locations

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Centennial, CO 80112, USA

Description

• Lead and line-manage the Centennial object storage engineering team, including hiring, one-on-ones, performance management, career development, and team development.
• Be accountable for team execution and delivery, ensuring priorities are understood and work is planned and completed effectively.
• Build and grow the team, develop technical ownership within the team, and mentor engineers across experience levels.
• Establish strong engineering, design review, code review, quality, and delivery practices.
• Work closely with the technical lead and senior engineers on technical direction, architecture, risks, and dependencies.
• Own and prioritize the team's backlog based on product priorities, technical needs, customer requirements, and engineering dependencies.
• Define sprint goals and ensure the team has clear, actionable priorities and acceptance criteria.
• Partner closely with Product Management on roadmap planning, scope, sequencing, and trade-offs.
• Translate roadmap priorities into engineering work and balance feature development with technical debt, quality, performance, maintainability, and reliability.
• Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs to Product Management and the broader ActiveScale organization.
• Lead a team working across the ActiveScale I/O pipeline, including S3 request handling, data placement, durability, and movement of data across NVMe, HDD, and tape.
• Maintain sufficient technical depth to participate in design discussions, challenge assumptions, and help the team make sound engineering decisions.
• Support the team's work across S3 and data-mover functionality and collaborate with engineers with deeper domain expertise where appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including experience with systems, distributed systems, storage software, or a comparable technical domain.
• 2+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience, including coaching and developing engineers.
• Experience owning or driving an engineering backlog and working with Product Management on roadmap priorities and trade-offs.
• Strong understanding of software engineering delivery, architecture, quality, and lifecycle practices.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across engineering, Product Management, and remote teams, including the established ActiveScale engineering teams in Belgium.
• Comfortable leading through ambiguity, making trade-offs, and driving decisions across technical, product, and delivery priorities.
• This is a hybrid role, with in-office work at our Centennial, CO office Tuesday through Thursday.

Quantum provides a diverse portfolio of health plans for medical and prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental medical insurance options. We also support our team members' efforts to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle through reimbursement and educational programs. Quantum offers a company-matched 401(k) plan to help employees save for retirement in a tax-advantaged way. We also have an Employee Stock Purchase Program for purchasing Quantum stock at a discounted rate.

Anticipated Salary Range: $160,000 to $200,000 for qualified applicants.

The above pay range represents Quantum's good faith and reasonable estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Pay within the range will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, relevant experience, knowledge/education, skills/abilities, internal equity, and budgetary considerations.

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