Storage software Director

2 days ago

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Avia Technologies Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year

Primary title:
Director of Storage Software Engineering

Role & Responsibilities

  • Define technical strategy and product roadmap for storage software—block, object, and file services—ensuring alignment with business goals and customer SLAs.
  • Lead and scale multiple engineering teams (architecture, kernel/driver, reliability, QA) to deliver production-grade releases on time and with high quality.
  • Drive architecture and design reviews for distributed storage, replication, snapshotting, tiering, and data-protection features; own trade-offs for performance, cost, and reliability.
  • Partner with hardware, firmware, and silicon teams to co-design storage optimizations (NVMe, NVMe-oF, RDMA) and validate performance at system level.
  • Establish engineering best practices—CI/CD, performance benchmarking, observability, incident response—and mentor senior engineers and architects.
  • Represent the product and roadmap to customers and partners; lead technical due diligence, escalations, and cross-functional go-to-market initiatives.

Skills & Qualifications
Must-Have

  • 20+ years of proven leadership delivering commercial storage software products or core storage subsystems.
  • Deep expertise in distributed storage architectures and data-protection mechanisms (replication, erasure coding, snapshots).
  • Strong systems programming background (C/C++) and hands-on experience with Linux kernel internals and driver development.
  • Experience with block, object (S3-compatible), and file storage technologies and their operational requirements.
  • Practical knowledge of storage protocols and fabrics: NVMe-oF, iSCSI, RDMA, and SAN/NAS concepts.
  • Track record of shipping high-performance, highly available systems with rigorous benchmarking and observability.

Preferred

  • Experience contributing to or leading open-source storage projects (Ceph, OpenZFS, etc.).
  • Familiarity with cloud-native storage integration (Kubernetes CSI, S3 gateway architectures) and public cloud storage services.
  • Background working with NAND/NVMe hardware, firmware partners, or storage appliance design.

Benefits & Culture Highlights

  • On-site R&D environment in India with access to hardware labs and real-product integration testing.
  • Competitive compensation, equity opportunities, and a clear career path into senior technical leadership.
  • High-autonomy, innovation-first culture focused on measurable customer impact and technical excellence.

Skills: san,block storage,storage,data plane,control plane

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