Senior/Staff NFS Engineer

DDN

NFS Engineer at DDN specializing in optimizing storage solutions for demanding AI systems. Designing and debugging NFS and storage stack functionalities in high-performance data platforms.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • California, North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

KubernetesNFSPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and optimize features across DDN’s NFS and storage stack
Diagnose bottlenecks across file systems, storage media, networking, and I/O paths
Improve performance, scalability, and resiliency in distributed storage environments
Work across kernel-space and user-space components to solve hard systems problems
Collaborate with engineers across storage, systems, and platform layers
Develop tooling and automation in Python to improve observability, testing, and operations
Help shape the next generation of infrastructure for AI and data-intensive workloads

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong hands-on experience with Network File Systems (NFS)
Deep understanding of distributed file systems
Experience with object storage
Production experience with Kubernetes
Strong Python skills
Experience working on kernel-level and/or user-space I/O stacks
Familiarity with NVMe, SSDs, RDMA, and high-speed networking
A systems mindset: you know how to debug complex performance and reliability issues across layers

Benefits

Comp & perks

🌐 Worldwide ❌ Jobs You've Hidden ⭐️ Saved Jobs ✅ Applied Jobs ✉️ Email Alerts 👤 Account DDN Website LinkedIn All Job Openings 1001 - 5000 employees Founded 1998 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 $10M Funding Round on 2011-06 Artificial Intelligence
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High Performance Computing DDN is a global leader in AI data intelligence solutions, providing high-performance computing and sophisticated data management technologies. With a focus on accelerating AI deployments and advanced data analytics, DDN's products, including the Data Intelligence Platform and advanced storage systems, serve diverse sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and government. DDN is committed to transforming enterprise data infrastructure to leverage the full potential of AI and drive operational efficiency. Senior/Staff NFS Engineer 🔥 1 minute ago 🏄 California, North Carolina – Remote 💵 $150k - $250k / year ⏰ Full Time 🟠 Senior 👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer 🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor Kubernetes NFS Python Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Design, build, and optimize features across DDN’s NFS and storage stack
Diagnose bottlenecks across file systems, storage media, networking, and I/O paths
Improve performance, scalability, and resiliency in distributed storage environments
Work across kernel-space and user-space components to solve hard systems problems
Collaborate with engineers across storage, systems, and platform layers
Develop tooling and automation in Python to improve observability, testing, and operations
Help shape the next generation of infrastructure for AI and data-intensive workloads 🎯 Requirements
Strong hands-on experience with Network File Systems (NFS)
Deep understanding of distributed file systems
Experience with object storage
Production experience with Kubernetes
Strong Python skills
Experience working on kernel-level and/or user-space I/O stacks
Familiarity with NVMe, SSDs, RDMA, and high-speed networking
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Hard Skills & Tools

Network File Systems (NFS)distributed file systemsobject storageKubernetesPythonkernel-level I/O stacksuser-space I/O stacksNVMeSSDsRDMA

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem-solvingdebuggingperformance optimizationreliability improvement