Hammerspace obliterates data access delays for AI and high-performance computing.  Its Data Platform delivers a high-throughput, low-latency parallel global file systems unifying data from edge to core to multi-cloud, accessible via pNFS, NFSv3, SMB, and S3 standards.  Instant, agentless deployment with native Linuz support combined with migration-free data assimilation radically accelerates pipeline.  This approach keeps GPU’s saturated, speeds time-to-insights, and boosts researched and developer productivity.

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Staff Software Engineer for our System Management (SM) team who has expertise in the concepts of distributed file system management, inter-node configuration and communication, backend APIs, CLI, system coherency, and data storage. Additionally, this position requires development and architecture experience utilizing Java and Python languages, and technologies such as Spring, Hibernate, SaltStack, Kafka, RPC, and Protobufs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support functionality in components ranging from command line interfaces, RESTful web services, distributed and failsafe job executors, and telemetry gathering.
• These components involve languages/technologies such as Java, Spring, JPA/Hibernate, Jersey, Python, and SaltStack.
• Work independently with Product Management to own the design, engineering documentation, development tests, delivery, and enhancement of product features.
• Optimize existing code to improve performance, stability, supportability, and usability.
• Develop software confidence and reliability by using best practices and current software patterns, creating unit tests and mock tooling, writing clear and understandable code which lends itself to maintainability.
• Estimate and report development efforts.
• Participate in all aspects of peer code reviews.
• Test software solutions appropriately before delivery to the testing team.
• Work with the test team to provide TOIs and review test plans and test automation.
• Work with Customer Support and customers, if needed to resolve issues in the field.
• Work remotely with a global team, communicating effectively via Slack, Zoom, Email, Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket.

Qualifications

• Excellent proficiency of Java 8 or higher, Spring, and JPA.
• Working knowledge of Tomcat, Jersey, Jackson, REST API design, Python, PostgreSQL or similar
• Experience designing and working with enterprise applications.
• Ability to design features that require concurrency (utilizing threads, mutexes, semaphores).
• Experience debugging complex issues in a distributed and event driven environment.
• Understanding of the software development process, including OOAD, unit testing, test-driven design, and good understanding of design patterns and principles.
• Working knowledge of source control management systems such as Git.
• Experience delivering and supporting features across multiple releases.
• An aptitude for using Linux.
• 8+ years of related experience with a BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree; or 6+ years and a related MS degree; or 3+ years with a PhD.

Additional Desired Skills

• Experience with Bash, Grizzly, Jersey, InfluxDB, Thrift, ONC RPC, JClouds, Protobuf, Swagger, Mockito and/or JMock, and C.
• Kafka or similar event streaming/messaging technologies
• SaltStack or similar automated infrastructure management tooling
• Storage system domain knowledge.
• Experience integrating with cloud storage providers and APIs.
• Experience with networking – VLAN, IPv6, network security, load balancing, and troubleshooting tools
• Experience working with Maven.

To the extent required by state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.

The anticipated base salary range for this role is $160,000-230,000.  The actual ompensation will be determined by several factors including, but not limited to, level of professional/education experience, skills/abilities, internal equity, and budgetary considerations. In addition, Hammerspace offers a broad range of health plans for medical, dental, vision, life and disability. We also offer 401k plans and flexible time off. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Hammerspace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies:

Agencies are hereby specifically directed not to contact Hammerspace employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. To protect the interests of all parties, Hammerspace will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Hammerspace will be considered Hammerspace property. Hammerspace will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Hammerspace will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.  Agency must obtain advance written approval from

Hammerspace’s recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Hammerspace will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.