Lead Software Engineer
Backblaze External WebsiteBase Salary
$205k - $265k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead technical design discussions and produce clear design documents
- Drive implementation of large features
- Develop host-managed SMR support for the storage platform
- Optimize storage-platform throughput and costs
- Shape coding methodologies and best practices
- Work across design, implementation, testing, and rollout for software supporting customer data
Requirements
- 10+ years of object-oriented programming experience in an enterprise environment, with a heavy focus on backend development
- Experience building host-managed SMR support for storage systems
- Experience benchmarking I/O performance and resolving bottlenecks
- Experience building large-scale software systems running on thousands of servers
- Professional experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Gemini, Cursor, or Claude Code
- Comfort with the full software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, and rollout
- Experience with CPU and I/O performance improvements is preferred
- Familiarity with hard-drive performance and optimization is preferred
- Experience building and interpreting models, dashboards, or reports is preferred
- Understanding of Linux internals and file systems is preferred
- Strong communication, troubleshooting, problem-solving, adaptability, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills
Benefits
- Healthcare for family, including dental and vision
- 401(k)
- RSU grants for full-time employees
- ESPP program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Maternity and paternity leave
- MacBook Pro and a workstation personalization stipend
- Childcare bonus
- Fertility treatment and support
- Learning and development program
- Commuter benefits
- Healthy work-life balance culture
- Located in San Mateo, California, with remote work considered within three time zones and occasional San Mateo travel
About Backblaze External Website
AI infrastructure runs on data. Storage gets hard at scale. We’ve been breaking, rebuilding, and improving that storage layer for 20 years. We started by building storage servers from scratch in a Palo Alto apartment to save 90% on hardware. Turns out hard constraints make for pretty good engineering. That discipline forged into a platform that performs as well or better than competitors, scales to multi-exabyte workloads, and costs a fraction of what AWS or Google charge. No blank checks or architectural sprawl. Today, the world's leading AI infrastructure providers, neoclouds, and data-intensive businesses run on Backblaze. Our platform includes: - B2 Overdrive: High-throughput object storage engineered for AI infrastructure, GPU workloads, and massive-scale data pipelines. - B2 Neo: White-label enterprise cloud storage powering neocloud platforms for AI, HPC, and media. - B2 Cloud Storage: S3-compatible object storage with predictable pricing, free egress, and no lock-in. - Computer Backup: Automatic, continuous endpoint backup for Macs and PCs. 500,000+ customers. 175 countries. Nasdaq: BLZE. backblaze.com