Senior Software Architect (Denver)
Summary
The Principal Software Architect will define the technical direction for distributed storage and file-system software within an enterprise data storage company. This senior individual-contributor role involves shaping architecture and serving as the technical authority across engineering teams.
Denver, CO (Hybrid) | Up to $250,000 base + benefits | Full-time
An established leader in enterprise data storage is hiring a Principal Software Architect to set the technical direction for its distributed storage and file-system software. This is a senior individual‑contributor architecture role for someone who has designed large-scale storage systems and can be the technical authority across teams - shaping architecture, raising the engineering bar, and staying hands‑on where it matters.
What you'll do- Own the architecture of distributed, scale‑out storage and file‑system software - data path, object and file layers, metadata, and data protection.
- Set technical direction across multiple engineering teams and drive the hardest cross‑cutting design decisions.
- Define the approach to performance, scalability, durability and reliability, and hold the system to it.
- Prototype, review and guide implementation; mentor senior and staff engineers and lift the overall standard of the codebase.
- 15+ years of systems software engineering, with a track record of architecting storage or distributed systems at scale.
- Deep expertise in C/C++ and in file systems, object/block storage, or high‑performance data paths.
- Mastery of distributed‑systems design: consistency, replication, erasure coding, fault tolerance and scale‑out.
- Strong Linux systems and performance‑engineering background.
- The judgement and communication to be the technical authority across teams while remaining hands‑on.
- Experience taking a storage product from architecture through to production at petabyte scale.
- Familiarity with modern interconnects (NVMe-oF, RDMA) and cloud/hybrid storage models.
- Base salary up to $250,000, depending on experience.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage.
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Company‑paid life, AD&D and disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer contribution.
- Employee Assistance Program and wellness benefits.
- Hybrid working (3 Days) , Denver, CO.
- ** Must have full working rights in the United States.
This role is live and interviews will be happening imminently, the interview process is 3 stages and average time from Recruiter Screening call (Human, Not AI), to Offer/ Decision is around 2 - 3 weeks.
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