Staff Engineer

DDN · Pune

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain software libraries and features in Rust .
Build and maintain CLI and REST API interfaces for internal and customer-facing tools.
Develop and integrate telemetry, observability, and monitoring solutions to improve product reliability and customer support.
Write and maintain unit tests, functional tests, and automation scripts to ensure robust deliverables.
Collaborate with Engineering Managers and a geographically distributed team to understand requirements and translate them into scalable software solutions.
Work with QA and DevOps teams to configure and maintain the Jenkins-based build and CI/CD pipelines.
Assist in debugging and resolving customer escalations, including performance and stability issues.
Contribute to product documentation and knowledge sharing within the engineering team.

BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree/experience.
7+ years of experience working in Linux system environments, with a solid understanding of Linux internals.
Strong experience in Rust is required
3+ years of experience with enterprise-class or HPC storage systems and/or distributed systems.
Hands-on experience building telemetry and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, custom monitoring agents).
Strong experience developing and maintaining command-line tools and REST APIs.
Familiarity with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.
Knowledge of parallel file systems, particularly IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) or Lustre, is highly preferred.
Experience with bash, Lua, and automation scripting is a plus.
Prior exposure to Agile software development processes.
Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills in complex, distributed environments.
Excellent time management, communication, and collaboration skills in a fast-paced, globally distributed team.