CephFS comprises a wide-ranging software suite including Linux kernel and userspace clients, a clustered userspace metadata server, and a messaging layer for storing data with Ceph’s native object store (“RADOS”), in addition to higher-level APIs for integrating with other systems (OpenStack, OpenShift, an NFS-Ganesha gateway cluster, etc). As a member of the CephFS engineering team, you will have the opportunity to learn and work in many of these areas according to your experience and technical background. This role is specifically focused on experienced developers who are ready to work on new distributed algorithms to build out end-user features of the filesystem, such as instant cloning, file overlays, and cohernet snapshots across multiple clients with a coherenet distributed cache.
"You will work with a worldwide team so communication is key. You will collaborate with others using modern open source tools including git (and GitHub), Jenkins, Redmine, and community-developed testing and validation tools.
Experience working with C++ codebases, or other systems languages and demonstrated ability
* Good debugging skills both live system and offline core files
* Able to troubleshoot issues in production and assits Customer facing team for root cause analysis
* Excellent English written and verbal communication skills, for our worldwide team
* Basic knowledge of Python, to use and enhance testing
* Working experience with Open sources
* Experience in git and github
* Demonstrated ability to understand large codebases and develop significant new features and architectural changes
* Experience with data storage and/or file systems
* Experience building distributed systems
* Experience working on distributed teams is a plus
