Software Engineer, AiDP

We are on our way to being the first company to power 1 MILLION GPUs and want world-class talent to join our amazing team!

The world is moving faster than ever, and yet, it will never move this slowly again. We are at the forefront of an incredible technological revolution but, at its core, it is fueled by incredible people. People like you.

1,000
Global Employees

11k
Happy Customers

16
International Offices

We are the world’s leading data intelligence platform that reliably accelerates massive datasets for actionable real-time insights. Join our team to help the best and brightest minds tackle the world’s biggest challenges in business, science, medicine, academia and government.

For the past 20 years, our team has kept us at the forefront of storage technology and has provided the foundation for enabling researchers to push the limits of “what can be done.”
These innovations take research and discovery to the next level, enabling them to discover cures to disease, observe global warming patterns, model innovative automotive and aerospace designs, discover new sources of energy, make communities safer, and accelerate business results across a wide variety of industries.

At DDN, we understand our customers’ diverse needs. Whether you’re a data scientist, IT professional, executive, or researcher, our solutions empower you with cutting‑edge technology and unparalleled support.

Highly Competitive Vacation Plans

Paid Holidays

Bonus Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Referral Program

Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits

Paid Leave Programs

Anniversary and Recognition Awards

Full time

Hybrid

• $200K – $250K

DDN is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as the Technical Lead for the Data Ocean initiative within the DDN AI Data Platform.

In this role, you will define the technical vision, architecture, and execution strategy for next-generation data management capabilities, including intelligent caching, global name spaces, data tiering, and data mobility across hybrid storage environments. You will work closely with Engineering, Product Management, and Architecture to build scalable, high-performance storage solutions that integrate object storage, file systems, and block storage for AI, HPC, and enterprise workloads.

This is a hands‑on technical leadership position for an experienced distributed systems engineer who enjoys solving complex storage challenges and mentoring engineering teams while driving architectural decisions.

Own the technical vision, architecture, and long‑term roadmap for the Data Ocean platform while leading the implementation of core platform capabilities.

Designing, developing, debugging, and optimizing production‑quality C/C++ code for performance‑critical distributed storage services.

Design and implement scalable solutions for data movement, metadata management, intelligent caching, global namespace services, and data mobility.

Architect and build high‑performance data path and control plane services that deliver low latency, high throughput, scalability, and reliability.

Define architectures that seamlessly integrate object, file, and block storage across on‑premises and hybrid cloud environments.

Solve complex distributed systems challenges involving consistency, replication, fault tolerance, concurrency, metadata management, and large‑scale coordination.

Lead architecture reviews and technical design discussions while driving engineering decisions that balance performance, scalability, maintainability, and operational simplicity.

Lead by example through hands‑on coding, code reviews, debugging,…