Distributed Storage Engineer

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Distributed Storage Engineer (Apache Ozone Internals) - Remote Work:

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Distributed Storage Engineer (Apache Ozone Internals) at BairesDev

We are seeking a Distributed Storage Engineer with experience in Apache Ozone internals to work on the storage engine itself, not as a consumer of object storage APIs. The work covers the core components of Ozone — Object Manager, Storage Container Manager, DataNodes, replication, and metadata management — at petabyte and enterprise scale. The technology stack centers on Apache Ozone and the wider Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Iceberg, Hive, Parquet, ORC), with ample scope for upstream contribution. We're looking for engineers who have architected or contributed to distributed storage systems like Ozone, HDFS, Ceph, or MinIO and are comfortable with replication, consistency, and high availability architectures.

What You'll Do

• Contribute production-grade code to the Apache Ozone project.
• Debug and optimize Ozone internals — replication, consistency, metadata management, OM/SCM/DataNode coordination — at petabyte scale.

Address complex distributed issues

replication failures, networking, disk I/O, concurrency.

• Improve performance and scalability of distributed storage operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams and open source committers on integrations and ecosystem work.
• Mentor senior engineers and raise the engineering bar through code reviews and design critiques.

What we are looking for

• 6+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong Java skills.
• Experience with distributed systems and concurrent or parallel programming.

Working knowledge of distributed storage system concepts

replication, consistency, fault tolerance, or metadata management.

• Hands-on experience with at least one distributed storage system (Ozone, HDFS, Ceph, MinIO, or equivalent) beyond consumer-level usage.
• Familiarity with JVM performance characteristics (GC, memory, threading).
• Advanced level of English.

Nice to have

• Upstream contributions to Apache Ozone, HDFS, or the broader Hadoop ecosystem; committer status is a strong plus.
• Experience operating distributed storage at petabyte scale in production.
• Knowledge of erasure coding, distributed consensus systems, or object storage protocols.
• Exposure to the lakehouse ecosystem (Iceberg, Hive, Parquet, ORC).
• Kubernetes and cloud-native storage deployment experience.
• Public technical presence (talks, blogs, OSS community leadership).

How we do make your work (and your life) easier:

• Remote Work.
• Excellent compensation in USD or your local currency if preferred.
• Hardware and software setup for you to work from home.

Flexible hours

create your own schedule.

• Paid parental leaves, vacations, and national holidays.

Innovative and multicultural work environment

collaborate and learn from the global Top 1% of talent.

• Supportive environment with mentorship, promotions, skill development, and diverse growth opportunities.

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