Alibaba Cloud-Storage Software Architect-Sunnyvale
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Location: Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Description:
Job Description
The storage team of Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure Server R&D Department is responsible for the research/development, deployment, and maintenance of the unified storage infrastructure at Alibaba. The team is focusing on designing and implementing the HW/SW co-optimized storage system, providing storage service with good performance and cost to different business units, and improve the competitive edge and influence of Alibaba infrastructure.
1. Understand the storage application, analyze the trend of the industry, understand the requirements of storage from the internal business units, and develop the highly customized and optimized storage hardware and software to serve the Alibaba data centers.
2. Collaborate with the cross-function teams to test and validate the self-developed storage products to enable the high volume deployment.
3. Collaborate with the academic and industry, follow the latest progress in the field, and define the roadmap for the self-developed storage hardware and software for Alibaba.
4. Publish the related technical papers, apply the patents and collaborate with the industry partners to push for the storage hw/sw standardization.
Position Requirement
1. Deep understanding of the solid-state drive and persistent memory firmware architecture and implementation, NVMe driver, CXL driver and Linux Block IO layer architecture and implementation.
2. Familiar with the computer architecture and direct experience on software/hardware optimization.
3. > 6 years experience on storage HW/SW research and productization.
4. Direct experience on storage media (like NAND, 3D X-point, MRAM, ReRAM, etc.).
5. Direct engineering experience on storage components and the server system.
6. Fluent in English reading/writing and communication.
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $156,000 and $256,800/year. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
The storage team of Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure Server R&D Department is responsible for the research/development, deployment, and maintenance of the unified storage infrastructure at Alibaba. The team is focusing on designing and implementing the HW/SW co-optimized storage system, providing storage service with good performance and cost to different business units, and improve the competitive edge and influence of Alibaba infrastructure.
1. Understand the storage application, analyze the trend of the industry, understand the requirements of storage from the internal business units, and develop the highly customized and optimized storage hardware and software to serve the Alibaba data centers.
2. Collaborate with the cross-function teams to test and validate the self-developed storage products to enable the high volume deployment.
3. Collaborate with the academic and industry, follow the latest progress in the field, and define the roadmap for the self-developed storage hardware and software for Alibaba.
4. Publish the related technical papers, apply the patents and collaborate with the industry partners to push for the storage hw/sw standardization.
Position Requirement
1. Deep understanding of the solid-state drive and persistent memory firmware architecture and implementation, NVMe driver, CXL driver and Linux Block IO layer architecture and implementation.
2. Familiar with the computer architecture and direct experience on software/hardware optimization.
3. > 6 years experience on storage HW/SW research and productization.
4. Direct experience on storage media (like NAND, 3D X-point, MRAM, ReRAM, etc.).
5. Direct engineering experience on storage components and the server system.
6. Fluent in English reading/writing and communication.
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $156,000 and $256,800/year. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.