Senior Software Engineer - CPD (SME - Linux/Systems)

Location : Pune
About Team & About Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer(SSE) in the Continuous Product Delivery (CPD) team, you will play a key role in providing long-term stability and last-mile delight to our customers. You will lead a small team of engineers and work closely with the core engineering team and product and support organization. 

You will work across Rubrik releases on our data backup & management offering. You are expected to develop a strong understanding of our product and engineering architecture, such as our distributed job framework, data lifecycle management, filesystem, and metadata store. 

Within CPD, you will work closely with the Platform and Systems Engineering team at Rubrik. The mission of this team is to develop a highly reliable, secure, scalable, and performant software-defined platform that radically simplifies building, deploying, and managing physical and virtual appliances on-premise and in the cloud.

Rubrik CPD - SEs are self-starters, driven, and can manage themselves. We believe in giving engineers responsibility, not tasks. Our goal is to motivate and challenge you to do your best work by empowering you to make your own decisions.  To do that, we have a very transparent structure that gives people the freedom to exercise judgment, even in critical scenarios. This develops more capable engineers and keeps everyone engaged and happy, ultimately leading to customer delight.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ownership of features, including design, implementation, and testing
• Design and develop infrastructure services and processes for regularly performing Linux kernel and Ubuntu OS upgrades. 
• Diagnose and resolve problems in complex customer environments
• Develop and maintain code written in Python and/or Scala, where required.    
• Troubleshoot complex software problems in a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
• Write and maintain technical documentation for software systems and applications.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards.
• Continuously improve software quality through process improvement initiatives.
• Keep up-to-date with emerging trends in software development.

ABOUT YOU

• BTech/MTech/PhD in Computer Science
• 6-10 years of software development experience on Linux, preferably in Platform/Systems/Kernel or Networking domain
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems design
• Solid grasp of major Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu
• Strong background in Systems Programming
• Expertise in debugging and troubleshooting performance and system-level issues 
• Good experience with performing Linux kernel upgrades or equivalent and kernel debugging
• Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.
• Proficient in a scripting language and either C++, Java, or Scala
• Large distributed systems design and development experience is preferred
• Knowledge of Storage, Filesystems, or Data Protection technologies is a plus

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