THE ROLE

FlashBlade//EXA is Pure Storage’s most advanced platform to date, engineered for the extreme performance, scale, and efficiency demands of modern AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure. As organizations deploy increasingly complex AI pipelines and data-intensive workloads, FlashBlade//EXA delivers the storage foundation required to move at the speed of innovation.

Join the FB//EXA Engineering team to pioneer the future of modern data platforms, delivering six 9s of reliability through creative algorithms and high-performance system designs. You will drive innovation from concept to customer delivery, directly impacting how global organizations manage and utilize their data. This role offers end-to-end ownership and significant collaboration with top-tier software engineers who are passionate about making our customers successful.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design and implement creative new algorithms and technologies for high-performance, highly reliable distributed storage systems, directly contributing to our goal of industry-leading six 9's of uptime.
• Take end-to-end ownership of features and projects, driving technical design, coding, testing, and deployment to deliver impactful innovations directly to our customers.
• Analyze and solve the most challenging problems in areas like distributed consensus, resource management, and data integrity to ensure the platform's scalability and robustness.
• Collaborate daily with a team of experienced and inspiring engineers to perform rigorous code reviews, share technical expertise, and influence the architectural direction of the Core Engineering platform.
• Relate platform performance and feature delivery directly to business impact, ensuring our technical choices meet customer needs and maintain our competitive advantage in the modern data landscape.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Deep mastery of a programming language like C, C++, Python, or Go, with the ability to write clean, high-performance, and maintainable production code.
• Deep expertise in *Linux or NIX-based systems programming, including a strong understanding of kernel-level concepts.
• Proven design sensibility and the ability to think critically about system architecture, trade-offs, and failure modes in complex, distributed environments.
• Demonstrable experience with the full lifecycle of hardware-software integration, including system bring-up, platform requirements definition, and debugging low-level interfaces (e.g., BMC, BIOS, PCI-e, I2C/SMBUS).
• Practical experience with storage or L2/L3 networking protocols and components, enabling you to deliver features that meet demanding mission-critical application requirements.
• A strong background in relevant systems software projects such as Distributed Systems, Database internals, or Virtualization (Hypervisors/Containers).
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a persistent, insightful approach to tackling complex technical challenges and debugging at scale.
• We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Bangalore, India office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.