Senior Software Engineer (Storage)

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in Secaucus, NJ that is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Storage).

Summary:
The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in backend development, distributed systems architecture, data consistency models, replication strategies, fault tolerance, and cloud-native technologies. You should be able to articulate real-world experience designing storage solutions and explain concepts such as consistency guarantees, replication behavior, sharding, and distributed system scalability.

Key Responsibilities:
* Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable backend services supporting distributed storage platforms
* Build solutions that address data availability, consistency, replication, and fault tolerance requirements
* Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to system design decisions for distributed systems
* Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root cause analysis, and provide operational support
* Participate in on-call rotations and support critical production systems
* Collaborate with globally distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones
* Optimize system reliability, performance, and scalability through continuous improvement initiatives
* Develop and maintain RPC-based services and high-throughput backend components

REQUIREMENTS:
* Expert-level backend development experience using Rust
* Working knowledge of Golang, Java, and Python
* Familiarity with C/C++ and the ability to understand and troubleshoot systems built in these languages
* Experience delivering production-grade services in large-scale environments

Direct experience building, designing, or operating distributed storage systems or storage platform components, including:
* Data consistency models and associated trade-offs
* Replication strategies and fault tolerance mechanisms
* Data partitioning and sharding architectures
* Routing, resharding, and scalability approaches
* Distributed systems behavior under failure scenarios
* High-availability storage system design principles

Strong foundation in Data Structures and Algorithms:
* Trees, graphs, hash tables, heaps
* Dynamic programming
* Algorithmic problem solving

Proven experience designing:
* Distributed systems
* Highly available services
* Scalable backend architectures
* Fault-tolerant platforms

Deep understanding of:
* Multi-threading
* Asynchronous programming
* Concurrency models
* Thread synchronization patterns
* Performance optimization in concurrent systems

Experience designing and implementing RPC-based services using technologies such as:
* gRPC
* Apache Thrift
* REST APIs alone do not satisfy this requirement

Service discovery solutions such as:
* Consul
* ZooKeeper

Service mesh technologies such as:
* Envoy
* Istio
* IPv6 networking concepts and implementation
* Microservices and distributed service environments

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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