Senior Software Engineer

Description: VAST Data is looking to add a V-Force Developer to our growing team! This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, an organization that is in the center of the hurricane being created by the revolution in artificial intelligence. "VAST's data management vision is the future of the market."- Forbes VAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference. Designed from the ground up to make AI simple to deploy and manage, VAST takes the cost and complexity out of deploying enterprise and AI infrastructure across data center, edge, and cloud. Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills & experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company’s growth and at a pivotal point in computing history. VAST Data is looking for a top debugger and developer to join the V-Force team in RTP, NC! The V-Force team is the tip of the sword addressing and debugging critical customer issues and implementing quick fixes and enhancements for our customers. The V-Force team is part of the R&D team and no only works on customer escalations, but also supports customer feature requests, customer POCs and is key to sales enablement. This job requires a special type of person that enjoys understanding complex customer issues and requirements. Requirements:  VAST is building the highest-performing file system in the world. This requires innovating all the way into the Linux operating systems that require accessing data at unlimited bandwidth and low latency. We are forming a new team focused solely on Kernel development, collaborating with the upstream community, and setting new industry standards for fast file systems. Requirements System programming in C/C++. Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP) Python/Git- advantage Knowledge block-level Storage/file systems — advantage BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent