Staff Engineer - Cloud Native Storage

Business Summary

The VMware Cloud Foundation Division enables organizations around the world to run their business critical and modern applications in a secure, resilient, and cost-efficient manner. With our flagship product VMware vSphere, and our industry-leading technologies including vSAN, VLR, NSX and Aria, Broadcom customers receive the scale and agility of a public cloud with the security and performance of a private cloud.

Our mission is to elevate Broadcom's Cloud Native Storage and VKS platforms as the premier choice for operating and scaling modern workloads. We aim to deliver a seamless “just works” Kubernetes cluster experience by abstracting complex orchestration. This allows users to effortlessly leverage our industry-leading vSAN storage solutions for running enterprise-grade modern workloads.

Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Native Storage – a highly experienced and self‑motivated staff software engineer to design, implement, and deliver features for a highly scalable distributed storage product while serving as a technical leader and mentor.

• Reliable Operation – ensure dependable operation of Kubernetes storage control planes across thousands of enterprise environments.
• Lifecycle Management – oversee the complete lifecycle management of Kubernetes workload clusters.
• Enablement – work at multiple layers, from the storage control plane to the vSAN data plane, to effectively enable Kubernetes workloads.
• Scope – lead the entire stack from the Kubernetes storage control plane down to the vSAN data plane to enable and optimize Kubernetes workloads.
• Distributed Storage Control‑Plane Design – architect and implement Kubernetes storage control‑plane workflows for creation, upgrade, movement, and scaling across thousands of clusters.
• Resiliency in Distributed Systems – build robust storage control‑plane resiliency to handle enterprise‑grade failure scenarios including upgrades, split‑brain conditions, networking outages, and version skew.
• Rigorous Testing – develop automated and comprehensive tests to validate correctness, upgrade process, and resilience of complex distributed systems.
• Design & Implementation – lead design and hands‑on implementation of distributed systems, primarily utilizing Go and/or C++.
• Feature Delivery & Ownership – take full ownership of the SDLC within designated technical areas to accelerate delivery of product features.
• Technical Leadership – mentor and lead a group of engineers, providing technical direction, coaching, and ensuring successful project delivery.
• Process & Agility – drive and lead team processes and agile methodologies to optimize quality and velocity.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration – work closely with Technical Leads, architects, dependent teams and Product Management to translate ambiguous, large‑scale problems into clear technical designs, execution plans, and manage dependencies and risks.
• Production Support – troubleshoot and debug production and non‑production issues across multiple layers.
• Culture – foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement within the team.

• Experience – minimum 8 years building highly scalable distributed systems applications.
• Education – Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering.
• Foundational Skills – strong foundational knowledge in data structures and algorithms.
• Systems Expertise – experience dealing with complex issues of scale, performance, and concurrency.
• Kubernetes (Preferred but Not Required) – hands‑on experience building or operating Kubernetes‑based systems; deep understanding of the control plane architecture; experience extending the Kubernetes API, designing declarative APIs, and implementing reconciliation loops.
• Infrastructure (Required) – experience with infrastructure orchestration across compute, networking, and storage; knowledge of Linux internals, container runtimes (e.g., containerd); knowledge of CSI and managing PVs and PVCs.
• Systems Design (Required) – strong systems design fundamentals focused on consistency, availability, and failure handling.
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