Staff Engineer - Data Path

About the role

This role focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing core data path services that enable intelligent caching, object storage integration, metadata management, and efficient data movement across modern storage environments. The ideal candidate is a strong systems engineer with deep C/C++ development expertise, experience building high-performance Linux-based software, and a passion for solving complex storage and distributed systems challenges.

What you'll do

• Design and implement high-performance data path components for the Data Ocean platform
• Develop intelligent caching capabilities for object storage workloads
• Build scalable services for data movement across object, file, and block storage environments
• Implement metadata management services supporting efficient object tracking, lookup, and on-demand retrieval
• Develop cache management capabilities including quota management, eviction policies, and lifecycle controls

What you need

• 8–14 years in software engineering
• C++
• AWS
• C
• Linux
• M.Sc or B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA