Backend Developer · Pune

Your role and responsibilities

• As a Back-End Developer for Storage, you will design, develop, unit test, and deliver offerings for IBM Storage products using agile practices and DevOps tooling.

• You will work in a collaborative environment to understand requirements and create creative solutions to client problems, emphasizing fail-first, fail-fast methods and world-class quality.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Design and Develop Solutions: Design, code, debug, and test creative solutions to client problems and requirements, utilizing programming languages such as Embedded C, C, Python, GoLang, and Java.

• Collaborative Problem-Solving: Work collaboratively to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions, emphasizing fail-first, fail-fast methods and user mode programming.

• Ensure Quality and Resiliency: Ensure world-class quality and resiliency in solutions, supporting strategic imperatives including artificial intelligence and cloud.

• Test and Deliver Offerings: Unit test and deliver offerings for IBM Storage products, utilizing agile practices and DevOps tooling.

• Support Strategic Imperatives: Support strategic imperatives, including artificial intelligence and cloud, through the development of innovative storage solutions.

Required education

• Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 4 - 10 years of industry experience in Linux Internals, Kernel and User mode Programming, scripting, Kernel Debuggers, development and build tools in a Linux development environment.

• Proven knowledge of S/W development process & tools for product development/debugging using C/C++, java, Python language.

• Product development/usage experience on Linux/Windows operating systems for Linux kernel and user level programming and test.

• Deep knowledge and understanding of storage SCSI and iSER protocols backed with industry experience.

• Good knowledge on SCSI/iSCSI//iSER/FC/SAS protocols with hands on debugging skills on FC/iSCSI/SAS analysers.

• ·Proven Storage domain knowledge with hands-on experience on storage software stack implementation and debugging on Linux operating systems.

• Experience in Systems/Storage domains, Storage controllers and features like High availability, storage multi-pathing solutions.

• Good problem-solving skills for complex issues with interdependencies across multiple modules

• Ability to crisply communicate with stake holders (clients and level 3 support teams) for resolving field issues.

• Knowledge and hand-on usage of code and defect management tools.

• Ability to meticulously plan and detail test executions and identifying dependencies.

• Good written/verbal communication skills to report program status crisply and accurately.

• Experience working with Global teams.

• Good technical leadership skills to mentor new team members.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Mainframe Storage Solutions: Knowledge of mainframe storage solutions is beneficial for this role, allowing for a deeper understanding of storage technologies and industry-standard protocols.

• Linux Kernel Level Programming: Experience with Linux kernel level programming can be advantageous in designing and developing software applications or device drivers for Linux, Unix, AIX, and RTOS.

• Clustering/Distributed Computing: Familiarity with clustering/distributed computing networking technologies, such as TCP/IP, RoCE, and Infiniband, can be valuable in creating high-performance storage solutions.