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, allowing users to effortlessly leverage our industry‑leading vSAN storage solutions for running enterprise‑grade modern workloads.

Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Native Storage

We are seeking 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 complete lifecycle management of Kubernetes workload clusters.

Enablement:
Work at multiple layers—from storage control plane to vSAN data plane—to enable Kubernetes workloads.

Design & Implementation:
Lead design and hands‑on implementation of distributed systems, primarily using Go and/or C++.

Feature Delivery & Ownership:
Take full ownership of the SDLC within designated technical areas to accelerate product feature delivery.

Technical Leadership:
Mentor and lead a group of engineers, providing day‑to‑day technical direction and coaching.

Process & Agility:
Drive and lead team processes and agile methodologies (sprint planning, execution, defect triage) to optimize quality and velocity.

Cross‑Functional

Collaboration:

Work closely with Technical Leads, architects, dependent teams, and Product Management to translate ambiguous problems into clear technical designs and execution plans.

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.

• Minimum 8 years of experience building highly scalable distributed systems.
• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering.
• Strong foundational knowledge in data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with complex issues of scale, performance, and concurrency.
• Experience with infrastructure orchestration across compute, networking, and storage.
• Knowledge of Linux internals (cgroups, name spaces, etc.) and container runtimes (e.g., containerd).
• Knowledge of Container Storage Interface (CSI) and managing PVs and PVCs.

• Kubernetes (preferred but not required):
  Hands‑on experience building or operating Kubernetes‑based systems.
• Deep understanding of control plane architecture (API server, Persistent Volumes, etcd, controller‑manager, etc.).
• Experience extending the Kubernetes API, including designing declarative APIs and implementing reconciliation loops.
• Strong systems design fundamentals, with a focus on consistency, availability, and failure handling.
• Ability to work independently on complex problems, collaborate across teams, and communicate clearly.

Annual base salary range: $141,300 - $226,000. Benefiting includes a discretionary annual bonus, equity grants, and annual equity awards based on performance. The company offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision plans, 401(K) participation with company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program, Employee Assistance Program, company‑paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.