Principal Software Engineer - Storage

Wasabi

Remote - US remote Until 8/22/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025

Job description

At Wasabi, we’re a proven collection of pioneers, visionaries and disruptive doers. We see things differently than our competitors, and we make our mark in the industry by challenging the norm and delivering the unexpected and improbable. We’re a fast-growing company taking the Cloud Storage industry by storm and recognized as one of the best places to work in Boston.

Wasabi hot cloud storage is a new class and category of cloud storage, breaking all traditional barriers and boundaries of storage with a disruptive value proposition of being 1/5th the cost of AWS S3, faster than the competition, with no fees for egress or API request and delivered as a single-tier solution. Cloud storage has never been so simple, so fast and so inexpensive. It’s all part of our vision to make cloud storage the next great global utility, just like electricity.

Role Description: Principal Software Engineer – Storage

Role Purpose:

Wasabi Technologies Inc. is seeking for a Principal Engineer – Storage to join our Software Development team. In this role, you will use your knowledge of storage devices, the Linux kernel/OS, filesystem and software development to help a team dedicated to a highly reliable, secure, scalable and innovative technology for Wasabi's hot cloud storage service. The Wasabi hot cloud storage service is an enterprise-grade public cloud object storage service that consists of Wasabi-built and Wasabi-optimized software that operates on leading-edge compute and storage hardware.

To be successful in this role, you should have expertise in agile software development, be able to collaborate with team members, and be a strategic problem-solver. In this position, you should demonstrate excellent communication skills, an ability to connect with other engineers and developers, and have a solid foundation in software design.

*Principals only. No recruiters.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and improve storage software.
Contribute and drive idea generation for new storage capabilities and bring them to fruition.
Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code in addition to tests and documentation.
Troubleshoot hardware and software, monitor, maintenance and operation of a production environment.
Contribute to the improvement of the storage team’s software and agile process.

Requirements:

10+ years of storage platforms experience.
Deep understanding of HDD, SSD, disk enclosure and host adapter hardware including SAS, NVME and fabric connectivity.
Strong knowledge of Linux OS and file systems preferably including ZFS.
Experience developing and deploying backend storage services in Go or C++.
Understanding of modern API best practices (HTTP, REST, Swagger, gRPC).
Familiarity with modern virtualization and containerization technologies (virtual machines, Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc).

Wasabi Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

About this role

Summary

Design and develop storage software for Wasabi's cloud storage service.

Job title

Principal Software Engineer - Storage

Experience level

10+ years

Industry

cloud storage

Location requirements

Remote work allowed in the United States

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

Skills & keywords

Required skills

storage platformshddssdlinuxgoc++apivirtualizationdockerkubernetes

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

storagelinuxbackendapivirtualization

Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

United States

Remote Country