Software Engineer

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