Distributed Systems Software Engineer

About the Job:

We are seeking a conscientious Java developer who can design and develop outstanding software for our core products of high-performance, highly scalable storage systems. This role is primarily focused on performance tuning of our software as well as other components of our distributed system (Linux kernel, Cassandra, Redis, RocksDB, etc).

You will have the opportunity to work with the hottest technologies with the latest techniques in building the best cloud storage product out there. At Cloudian, you will be part of a talented team, you will be able to determine how to do things better and implement your ideas.

Responsibilities:

• Create efficient, complete, and thoughtful designs for tasks, both small and big. An example might be a scalable, distributed authentication system.
• We promote a test-driven methodology where tests are designed and written before code. Automated tests are then permanently added to the regression suite. In addition, this role involves working in conjunction with other team members to test performance in order to evaluate potential improvements.
• Platform is Java using standard tools like git and eclipse. Code review is required both as reviewer and reviewee.
• Work with colleagues to help sell, market, test, and support the product. This may require being available 24/7 for any P1 issues.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3 years of writing production distributed server-side Java code.
• Ability to do the above tasks quickly and completely.
• Prepared to show how you can do the above tasks. This may include demonstrable skills with Java, Python, test/QA focus, and high-performance, highly scalable systems. And the ability and willingness to learn any gaps.
• Experience with Linux, with a good understanding of kernel tuning parameters
• Experience with systems like Cassandra, Redis, Amazon Web Services is valuable.