Software Engineer III

Job Summary

We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer III to design, develop, and optimize userspace block devices on Linux. The role involves working close to the Linux kernel, io_uring, and storage subsystems to build high‑performance, reliable, and scalable storage solutions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain UBLK-based userspace block devices on Linux
• Work with Linux block layer, io_uring, and kernel interfaces
• Implement high‑performance I/O paths with low latency and high throughput
• Debug and resolve issues across user space and kernel space
• Optimize storage performance, memory usage, and CPU utilization
• Collaborate with kernel, platform, and application teams on storage architecture
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
• Review code and contribute to design discussions and technical decisions
• Participate in performance benchmarking and regression analysis
• Guide and assist QA group with creating & executing the test cases.
• Provide insight into the system behaviour by analysing system logs & debugging software

Skills

• Software development with strong C programming.

Candidate should have 8+years of experience.

• Solid experience with Linux internals
• Good understanding of:
• Linux block device subsystem
• io_uring
• System calls, memory management, and concurrency
• Experience with userspace–kernel interaction (netlink, ioctl, sysfs, etc.)
• Strong debugging skills using tools like:
• gdb, perf, strace, ftrace, bpf
• Experience working in multithreaded and high‑performance environments
• Familiarity with POSIX APIs and low‑level I/O mechanisms
• Good understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Hands-on experience with UBLK, SPDK or other storage frameworks
• Development experience in high availability clustering solutions required.
• Prior experience contributing to Linux kernel or storage-related open source
• Knowledge of file systems (ext4, xfs, btrfs, etc.)
• Experience with virtualization or container storage (KVM, Docker, Kubernetes CSI)
• Working experience with RDMA, NVMe, NVMe-oF preferred
• Experience in performance tuning on production systems
• Scripting experience (Python, Bash) preferred
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently on complex system-level problems
• Good communication skills for cross-team collaboration
• Passion for low-level systems and performance engineering