Sr. Software Engineer

Backblaze; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Backblaze is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance a storage platform underpinning our object storage service and backup offering. You will focus on durability, throughput, and long-term architectural changes to scale the service across large fleets.

You will collaborate across the full SDLC, analyze complex performance issues, and drive improvements with cross‑functional teams to ensure reliability and efficiency at scale.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of object‑oriented programming experience in enterprise environments.
• Experience building large-scale software systems running on thousands of servers.
• Comfort with all phases of the software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing and rollout.
• Demonstrated curiosity and a tendency to seek to understand problems before proposing solutions.
• Strong analytical thinking applied to ambiguous engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance the storage platform supporting object storage and backup products running across large fleets.
• Improve durability and reliability of stored data through software and architectural changes.
• Drive architectural improvements to support long-term throughput and capacity requirements of the service.
• Participate across the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation through testing and rollout.
• Analyze ambiguous performance or reliability problems and propose thoughtful, well‑reasoned solutions.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform peers on systems running across thousands of servers.

Skills

Java

Rust

C++

C#

Job description

Role overview

The Senior Software Engineer works on a storage platform that underpins an object storage service and a computer backup offering, focusing on reliably storing customer data. The position emphasizes improving durability, increasing throughput, and driving architectural changes to meet long-term service needs at scale.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance the storage platform supporting object storage and backup products running across large fleets.
• Improve durability and reliability of stored data through software and architectural changes.
• Drive architectural improvements to support the long-term throughput and capacity requirements of the service.
• Participate across the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation through testing and rollout.
• Analyze ambiguous performance or reliability problems and propose thoughtful, well-reasoned solutions.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform peers on systems running across thousands of servers.

Requirements

• 7+ years of object-oriented programming experience in an enterprise environment using languages such as Java, Rust, C++, or C#.
• Experience building large-scale software systems running on thousands of servers.
• Comfort with all phases of the software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, and rollout.
• Demonstrated curiosity and a tendency to seek to understand problems before proposing solutions.
• Strong analytical thinking applied to ambiguous engineering challenges.

Nice to have

• Proficiency in Java or Rust.
• Experience building or interpreting models, dashboards, or reports.
• Familiarity with hard drive performance characteristics.
• Understanding of Linux internals and file systems.
• Location: LATAM region.