Software Engineer - Forge

The Rubrik Engineering team is comprised of people who produce extraordinary results. Our engineers are driven to build efficient, reliable, and cost effective products. We believe in empowering our teams, giving engineers autonomy and responsibility, not just tasks. Our goal is to motivate and challenge you to do the best work of your career. As part of the Rubrik Engineering team, you will work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define the next generation of products for Rubrik.

At Rubrik, nothing will stop you from thinking big. We are looking for individuals who are comfortable with ambiguity and excited by the prospect of a challenge. If you have a positive attitude, high energy and limitless drive, and like to win, we want to talk to you!

Forge is the platform and systems engineering team  mission is to develop a highly reliable and scalable software defined platform that radically simplifies building, deploying, and managing on-premise, virtual, and cloud-based appliances.

We design the appliance platform and build the core infrastructure for Operating System, Networking, Clustering, and Deployment. In addition, we provide common infrastructure services encompassing system monitoring, system management, cluster management, and data migration. All of these serve as the backbone for powering Rubrik’s industry leading Data Protection and Data Management solutions.

• Take full ownership of projects from design to implementation, test and deployment
• Design, develop, and deliver Hardware and OS abstraction for Rubrik CDM software services
• Assess the reliability of the Linux system stack and create new features to enhance the error handling and performance in Rubrik product stack
• Design, develop and operationalize high performance, scalable, reliable and resilient system infrastructure level services
• Diagnose and resolve problems in complex customer environments

• Computer Science graduate with strong problem‑solving abilities
• Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems design
• Strong background in Systems programming
• Programming and debugging knowledge in C++, Java, Scala
• Extensive experience with Linux kernel or equivalent, and kernel debugging
• 2+ years of relevant experience in developing enterprise software
• Strong interest in learning new technologies, solve complex problems and challenges
• Knowledge in Storage, File systems or Data Protection technologies is a plus

US Pay Range

$131,400 — $197,200 USD

Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real‑time guardrails, fine‑tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.

Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Rubrik complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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