Senior Linux Software Engineer - Systems Engineering
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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Job Description:
We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are
fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead
with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest
team in the industry. This type of work—work that changes the
world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if youre ready
to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join
us. WHAT YOULL BE DOING • Development on the Linux kernel as used
in Pure’s storage products. This includes new features, bug fixes,
and performance enhancements. • Helping specify and set
requirements for upcoming enterprise grade storage servers across
multiple product lines. • Software development through
architecture, development, test, release, and maintenance. •
Leading and mentoring junior engineers • Development is primarily
in C/C++ and Python. Participate in code reviews. • Helping us
achieve world-class performance through experimentation, analysis,
and tuning. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING TO THIS ROLE… • An
exceptional talent as an individual contributor, with 5 years
development in Linux kernel/device drivers. • Strong written and
verbal communication skills • Track record of shipping products
with high performance and high resiliency. • Natural curiosity and
the ability to design, implement, and test your work. • General
skills: o Strong problem solving and debugging skills. o Strong
understanding of CPU architecture, computer architecture, operating
systems, algorithms, and data structures. • Valuable specialized
skills: o Understanding of I/O technologies and standards such as
NVMe, Ethernet, Fibre Channel or SCSI o Experience with user space
device drivers o Understanding of enterprise data storage system
architectures and behavior o Demonstrated ability to optimize
performance at many levels - from CPU instruction optimizations, to
NUMA and interrupt handling, to threading and locking issues. o
Contributing to mainline kernel • B.S. or higher degree in CS or
equivalent experience
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