Senior Platform Engineer

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a company that has been at the forefront of AI and high-performance data storage innovation for over two decades. DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a global market leader renowned for powering many of the world's most demanding AI data centers, in industries ranging from life sciences and healthcare to financial services, autonomous cars, Government, academia, research and manufacturing.

"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. 

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Platform Engineer to support the deployment, validation, and operation of large-scale solutions. This role focuses on system bring-up, hardware and firmware validation, and operational reliability across storage, compute, and networking infrastructure.

You will work closely with senior engineers to ensure systems are correctly configured, stable, and performant: from BIOS settings and firmware versions to OS behavior and device health.

What You’ll Do

• Perform system bring-up and validation, including BIOS configuration, firmware updates, and OS-level checks.
• Configure and verify platform settings (BIOS, BMC, OS) to ensure systems meet performance, reliability and consistency standards.
• Execute and validate firmware updates across components, including NVMe drives, NICs, and system firmware.
• Identify and troubleshoot issues related to:
• Device initialization and visibility.
• Firmware mismatches or upgrade failures.
• Misconfigurations impacting performance or stability.
• Understand, define and test procedures for:
• Drive swaps and rebuilds.
• Data integrity and system health checks.
• Minimizing impact to running systems.
• Monitor and validate storage device health, including basic performance characteristics and failure indicators.
• Work with Linux systems to verify configuration, collect diagnostics, and assist in debugging issues.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to escalate and help triage complex cross-layer issues.
• Contribute to documentation and standardization of bring-up, validation, and operational procedures.

What will you bring to DDN

• 5+ years of experience in systems, infrastructure, or platform-focused engineering roles.
• Comfortable working directly with hardware and firmware, including BIOS, BMC, and device-level tools.
• Solid understanding of Linux systems administration and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with storage and networking fundamentals (NVMe, NICs, basic I/O concepts).
• Experience performing and supporting firmware updates, with awareness of risk and failure scenarios.
• Good scripting skills; familiarity with Go is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail, able to verify configurations and catch subtle issues.
• Willingness to learn and grow into deeper system, performance, and debugging responsibilities.
• Curiosity about why systems perform the way they do: investigate, rather than just run scripts blindly.

Salary Range for this role: $105,146.50 - $195,773.50

Join our dynamic and driven team, where engineering excellence is at the heart of everything we do. We seek individuals who love to challenge themselves and are fueled by curiosity. Here, you'll have the opportunity to work across various areas of the company, thanks to our flat organizational structure that encourages hands-on involvement and direct contributions to our mission. Leadership is earned by those who take initiative and consistently deliver outstanding results, both in their work ethic and deliverables, making strong prioritization skills essential. Additionally, we value strong communication skills in all our engineers and researchers, as they are crucial for the success of our teams and the company as a whole.

Interview Process: After submitting your application, one of our recruiters will review your resume. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 30-minute interview during which a member of our team will ask some basic questions. If you clear the interview, you will enter the main process, which can consist of up to four interviews in total:

• Coding assessment: Often in a language of your choice.
• Systems design: Translate high-level requirements into a scalable, fault-tolerant service (depending on role).
• Real-time problem-solving: Demonstrate practical skills in a live problem-solving session.
• Meet and greet with the wider team.
• Our goal is to finish the main process in 2-3 weeks at most.

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.

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