Senior Software Engineer, Datapath, Virtualization and Kubernetes

Pure Storage

Santa Clara, California

Full Time

Posted April 21, 2026

$239k - $359k

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Job Description

This role involves leading the development and integration of virtualization features within a Kubernetes-native storage platform, focusing on performance, scalability, and resilience, while serving as a technical expert in virtualization technologies like KubeVirt, libvirt, and QEMU.

Key Responsibilities

Architect and implement virtualization features within Portworx's Kubernetes-native storage platform, focusing on performance, resilience, and scalability.
Serve as a technical leader in KubeVirt, libvirt, and QEMU ecosystems, contributing to VM lifecycle management and performance optimizations.
Define technical roadmaps and lead execution of complex projects integrating storage capabilities with cloud-native virtualization solutions.
Mentor engineering teams on virtualization architecture, distributed systems, and debugging techniques.
Resolve complex virtualization and storage challenges across large-scale Kubernetes clusters to ensure product quality and customer satisfaction.

Requirements

Ten (10) years of development experience in software engineering.
Deep, demonstrable expertise in core virtualization technologies, including KubeVirt, libvirt, and QEMU.
Expert-level proficiency in designing, developing, and testing production-grade distributed systems software using C, Go, or Java.
Exceptional understanding of Kubernetes internals, including a track record of designing and implementing custom controllers, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), and deep integration with the Kubernetes scheduler.
Strong experience with storage data path, virtualization, or Kubernetes.
Mastery of distributed systems concepts, software design patterns, and performance analysis, with the ability to apply them to large-scale, high-availability storage and virtualization solutions.
Ability and willingness to work onsite at the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with company policies.