Job Description
Intel is seeking an experienced Software Development Enigneer to join the Extreme Storage Architecture and Development division. This role will contribute to develop and test Intel's high-performance storage stack based on the open-source Distributed Asynchronous Object Storage (DAOS) software. The end-to-end I/O stack must be optimized to prevent a storage bottleneck as throughput and IOPS requirements increase substantially, and demand will only increase in the coming years as our ability to collect data is ever-increasing.

Responsibilities:

• Independently diagnose, design, and implement solutions to complex technical challenges
• Understanding features from existing documentation and reading C source code
• Writing code with an eye on performance and scalability
• Maintaining documentation of their work
• Writing unit tests along with their product code
• Ability to work independently and as part of a globally distributed team

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or Equivalent
• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer

• Proficiency in C programming
• Experience with software debugging
• Strong Linux skills
• Experience with distributed storage systems/filesystems, such as Lustre or Ceph
• Expert knowledge of Redis, HBase, or LSM Tree
• Familiar with a consensus algorithm such as Paxos or Raft
• This job requires a team player with good organizational/planning skills, and a proven past successes in completing large projects

• Architectural knowledge of scalable distributed system architectures
• Knowledge of I/O and network stacks, RPCs
• Knowledge of caching solutions and storage stack
• Good understanding of file system fundamentals, including POSIX conformance
• Familiarity with open source development tools and techniques
• Working knowledge of FUSE
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies