Senior Principal Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Cultivate and sustain robust technical relationships with essential customers and partners.

• Examine industry trends and emerging technologies to assess their potential impact on future product requirements.

• Serve as a technical advisor and resource within KIOXIA, educating internal teams and contributing to technology strategy development.

• Represent KIOXIA at significant industry events and partner advisory councils.

• Create reference architectures and supervise testing for flash storage in AI workloads, RAG pipelines, enterprise applications, and similar environments.

• Collaboratively design server and storage infrastructure tailored for GPU-centric computing, such as NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage and SCADA.

• Develop testing protocols using benchmark tools and datasets.

• Evaluate performance enhancements with GIDS and SCADA.

• Write white papers, technical documentation, and industry presentations.

• Mentor technical teams and lead architect interactions with ecosystem partners.

• Report directly to the Director of the KIOXIA Innovation Lab.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field; advanced degrees are advantageous.

• Over 12 years of experience in developing Data Center Infrastructure class Linux software or Enterprise-class storage solutions.

• At least 10 years of experience in architecting filesystems, block device layer drivers, or data management functionalities for storage systems.

• More than 5 years of experience in evaluating new technologies for partnerships or acquisitions, including market evaluation and technical due diligence.

• Familiarity with the open-source industry, including active engagement in community development processes.

• Understanding of AI workflows, encompassing data access patterns and infrastructure requirements.

• In-depth knowledge of how storage systems interface with software applications.

• Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills, with a proven track record of guiding teams through complex challenges.

• Excellent verbal communication and strong writing abilities, capable of conveying complex technical concepts with clarity.

• Willingness to travel approximately 25% both domestically and internationally.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for career advancement and personal development training.

• Flexible work-life balance.

• Generous paid time off (PTO) allotment.

• Holiday shutdown.

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Comprehensive medical and non-medical benefits.

• 401(k) matching.

• Pet insurance.