Senior Software Engineer - Java

"DDN's A3I solutions are transforming the landscape of AI infrastructure." – IDC 

“The real differentiator is DDN. I never hesitate to recommend DDN. DDN is the de facto name for AI Storage in high performance environments” - Marc Hamilton, VP, Solutions Architecture & Engineering | NVIDIA 

DDN is the global leader in AI and multi-cloud data management at scale. Our cutting-edge data intelligence platform is designed to accelerate AI workloads, enabling organizations to extract maximum value from their data. With a proven track record of performance, reliability, and scalability, DDN empowers businesses to tackle the most challenging AI and data-intensive workloads with confidence. 

Our success is driven by our unwavering commitment to innovation, customer-centricity, and a team of passionate professionals who bring their expertise and dedication to every project. This is a chance to make a significant impact at a company that is shaping the future of AI and data management. 

Our commitment to innovation, customer success, and market leadership makes this an exciting and rewarding role for a driven professional looking to make a lasting impact in the world of AI and data storage. 

Senior Software Engineer – Java, Spark, Hadoop.

Our team is seeking a skilled engineer to own key features and components of our Ecosystem Team. You will participate in all phases of software development including requirements, design, coding, unit testing, debugging and performance tuning. Day-to-day activities include:

• Designing and developing products in these areas – Spark, Splunk, Hadoop, Prometheus, and other cutting-edge technologies.
• Unit testing and Code reviews.
• Designing and implementing effective automation tests for our CI/CD pipeline.
• Instrumenting your code to collect metrics for monitoring and supportability.
• Addressing issues found in the CI pipeline or production.
• Code reviews.
• Working across backend and frontend teams, infrastructure, and domain teams.
• You are detail oriented with a focus on implementation excellence.
• You have passion for quality and excitement for solving problems.
• You have the urge to deliver phenomenal software to our customers.
• You are self-motivated and have the ability to work in an agile manner.

Required Skills:

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in software development using Java
• You have strong programming skills, are well versed in foundational aspects of CS and OOP.
• Experience with the Spring Framework.
• Excellent system design and object-oriented design skills
• Implementing REST API's and their integrations into frontend and other services
• Understanding of networking and distributed system design.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix operating systems.
• Strong, concise communication skills to articulate thought process.
• Validated ability to deliver on schedule.
• BS or MS in Computer Science.

Preferred Skills

• Experience developing in Spark, Hadoop environments.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker or other infrastructure software.
• Experience deploying a global service in AWS or Azure.
• Experience working on live enterprise-grade scale services.
• Understanding of deployment issues in a complex environment (security, networking, load balancers, service dependencies, disaster recovery, etc.) 
• Security and compliance consciousness.

This position requires participation in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support as needed

DataDirect Networks (DDN) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender, sex stereotyping, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.