Senior Software Engineer, Cloud at Cohesity

Santa Clara, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
NoVisa
Technology, Data Security, Cloud ComputingIndustries

Requirements

  • Must currently reside within commute radius of Santa Clara, CA
  • Willingness to work onsite at Santa Clara 2 days per week (Hybrid)
  • Expertise coding in C++ (or Java or Go)
  • Expertise in large-scale distributed systems and system design
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
  • 7+ years of back-end software development experience
  • Expert-level programming and debugging skills in C++, Go
  • Proven expertise in building cloud-native, distributed systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and parallel processing
  • Strong knowledge of system performance and scaling
  • Familiarity with AWS ecosystem - S3, SQS, AWS data protection services
  • Proven skills to solve complex problems
  • Experience with debugging and diagnosing production software
  • Ability to drive tasks to completion and take ownership of projects
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and agile development environment
  • Possess excellent communication and sharp analytical abilities
  • Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making

Responsibilities

  • Build and deliver next-generation products designed to run efficiently as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on leading public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and GCP)
  • Architect and implement large-scale distributed data systems that are optimized for performance, scalability, reliability, and resilience to meet enterprise-grade requirements
  • Design and operationalize high-performance microservices and data pipelines, ensuring end-to-end system health, scalability, and fault tolerance
  • Efficiently collaborate with product management, other cross-functional leads and teams on both technical and business strategies to improve and build the future product roadmap for Cohesity’s infinitely scalable platform
  • Drive accountability for test-driven development, delivery of high-quality features and resilient enterprise-class solutions
  • Lead a culture of team ownership and direct individual and team accountability to improve how they work and achieve results continuously
  • Participating in Agile development processes

Skills

C++
Java
Go
Distributed Systems
System Design
AWS
Azure
GCP
SaaS
Microservices
Cloud-Native
Scalability
Reliability

Cohesity

Data management solutions for enterprises

About Cohesity

Cohesity specializes in data management solutions for data centers and cloud environments. Its main products, the Cohesity DataPlatform and Cohesity DataProtect, help businesses consolidate tasks like backup, recovery, and data storage into one platform, making it easier to manage large amounts of data while reducing complexity and costs. Unlike many competitors, Cohesity focuses on simplifying data management for medium to large enterprises across various industries, including finance and healthcare. The company's goal is to help businesses manage, protect, and gain insights from their data more efficiently.

San Jose, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2013Year Founded
$642MTotal Funding
SECONDARYCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health & Wellness - Managing emotional and physical health are key to living happier lives. Cohesity employees enjoy access to exercise and meditation apps, e-Learning resources, Scribd, and more.
Parental Leave - Cohesity offers salary continuation in coordination with other benefits up to 20 weeks for maternity leaves. Up to four weeks of child bonding leave is offered to non-birth parents.
Personal Time - Our unlimited PTO policy ensures that you have work-life wellbeing and flexibility when you need it.
Financial - Cohesity offers a competitive salary, pay-for-performance bonus plan, retirement savings plan, flexible spending accounts, commuter checks, and more.

Risks

Emerging competition from startups like Eon challenges Cohesity's market position.
Integration challenges from Veritas acquisition could disrupt operations.
New leadership roles may lead to transitional challenges in company culture.

Differentiation

Cohesity integrates AI to enhance data insights and protection, setting it apart.
Their hyper-converged secondary storage simplifies data management for enterprises.
Cohesity's recognition as AWS Global Storage Partner of the Year boosts its credibility.

Upsides

Strategic partnership with NVIDIA enhances AI-driven data management solutions.
Acquisition of Veritas Technologies expands Cohesity's market share in data protection.
Deepening partnership with CrowdStrike strengthens cybersecurity offerings against data breaches.

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