Datto, the world’s leading provider of IT solutions delivered through managed service providers, is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our fast paced growing team.A Look Inside the Job
As a member of Datto’s BCDR team, you will enhance and improve the software powering the SIRIS and Alto business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) products, ~95K devices deployed across all 7 continents.
Datto’s BCDR devices are linux powered backup appliances that perform block-level snapshots of physical, virtual, and public cloud based servers. Backup data is stored as raw disk images in a local ZFS-based disk array.
In the event of data loss, customers can recover data in a variety of ways including; restoring files or directories, mounting volumes as iSCSI targets or Samba shares, launching a backup as a local or remotely hosted virtual machine, or deploying a backup to physical hardware.About You

• You have a passion for software engineering, technology, and continuous learning
• You have excellent communication skills
• You are a self-starter and thrive in a fast paced environment
• You offer new ideas and a unique point of view
• You look forward to collaborating with diverse teams
• You eagerly seek and give help
• You are inquisitive and focused, and see every challenge as an opportunity
• You would rather create the future than wait for it
• Transparency tops your list of values, and you contribute to a culture of respect and inclusion

In this job you will:

• Partner with product management to develop new products and features that improve the MSP experience and ensure reliable and secure data protection for our customers.
• Work on complex systems that rely on internal and external libraries using multiple languages
• Contribute to the continual improvement of the architecture and code base
• Troubleshoot low level linux and file system issues
• Collaborate with multiple teams to improve the product’s performance, scalability, durability, and security
• Develop solutions leveraging Virtual Machine technology and integrations with VMware ESX & Hyper-V APIs

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of professional experience developing solutions in an object-oriented language such as Java, PHP, C++, or C#
• B.S. or M.S. in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, design patterns, and algorithms
• Experience with Linux and shell scripting (bash)

Beneficial Experience:

• Formal or informal technical leadership role
• Familiarity with hypervisors (VMWare, Hyper-v, VirtualBox, KVM, etc)
• Familiarity with PHP, Apache, Symfony, NGINX, Ubuntu
• Familiarity with zfs or similar COW filesystems
• Familiarity with Secure Coding practices and the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
• Understanding of authentication and authorization frameworks/standards
• Experience with relational database design principles (e.g., MySQL)

Note: We are looking for candidates willing to join us directly as W2 employees (No 3rd party candidates)