Platform Senior Software Engineer

Description

Shape the Future of AI Infrastructure with VAST Data

This is a rare opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in tech history, right at the epicenter of the AI revolution.

Recognized by Forbes as "the future of the market," VAST Data is building the foundational enterprise software powering the AI era. We engineer platforms that capture, catalog, refine, and protect massive datasets across data centers, edge, and cloud, making real-time analytics, AI training, and inference simpler and faster than ever before.

Our explosive growth is fueled by relentless engineering innovation, a customer-first mindset, and a team of fearless VASTronauts who thrive on solving computing's hardest problems. Join us at this pivotal moment in technology history and make a lasting impact on how the world processes data.

We are seeking a talented and experienced Software Engineer to design, build, and optimize high-performance distributed systems, core data engines, and backend infrastructure. This role requires deep system-level architecture understanding, the ability to handle large-scale clusters processing petabytes of data, and mastery of modern C/C++ and Linux environment internals.

Requirements

Requirements:

Strong experience in C/C++ software engineer design, coding, integration, and debugging

Understanding of Linux operating system

Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP) — advantage

Experience with large-scale/distributed systems

Experience with performance-sensitive systems

Knowledge block-level Storage / file systems — advantage

Python scripting — advantage

Experience in Linux Kernel development - advantage

BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent