Senior Engineer – Distributed File Systems & Linux Platform

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, fault-tolerant distributed file systems including object, block, and file storage.
• Define system architecture to ensure high availability, consistency, and performance.
• Optimize performance across the VFS layer, page cache, block layer, and networking stack (TCP/IP, RDMA).
• Debug kernel-level issues such as panics, memory leaks, and I/O bottlenecks.
• Implement replication, erasure coding, consensus protocols (Raft/Paxos), and metadata management systems.
• Analyze and improve system latency, throughput, and IOPS for PB-scale deployments.
• Build systems for fault detection, recovery, self-healing, and observability (metrics, tracing, logging).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering.
• Deep expertise in Linux kernel internals and filesystems (ext4, XFS, btrfs, ZFS).
• Hands-on experience with distributed storage systems such as Ceph, HDFS, GlusterFS, or Lustre.
• Strong understanding of memory management, concurrency, synchronization, and networking protocols.
• Proficiency with debugging and profiling tools including perf, ftrace, eBPF, gdb, and crash dump analysis.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Security and SaaS environments.

Benefits

• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Annual health check-ups, car lease program, and tuition reimbursement.
• Inclusive company culture and access to Community Guilds.
• Personal accident and term life insurance cover.

About the Company

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations have relied on Commvault's AI-powered platform to reduce risks and improve data governance.