Senior Engineer

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The Role
Design and optimize large-scale distributed storage/file systems on Linux platforms, involving kernel internals and performance optimization, leading design decisions for high availability and consistency.
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About Commvault 

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) is the gold standard in cyber resilience. The company empowers customers to uncover, take action, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks – keeping data safe and businesses resilient. The company’s unique AI-powered platform combines best-in-class data protection, exceptional data security, advanced data intelligence, and lightning-fast recovery across any workload or cloud at the lowest TCO. For over 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations and a vast partner ecosystem have relied on Commvault to reduce risks, improve governance, and do more with data. 

Senior Engineer – Distributed File Systems & Linux Platform

The Opportunity

We have an outstanding career opportunity for Senior Engineer- Distributed File Systems and Linux Platform at Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore locations. As a Senior Engineer you will design, and performance optimization of large-scale distributed storage/file systems on Linux platforms. This role requires deep expertise in kernel internals, storage stacks, and distributed systems at scale.

What you’ll do…

  • Design of scalable, fault-tolerant distributed file systems (e.g., object/block/file storage)
  • Define system architecture for high availability, consistency, and performance
  • Drive design decisions across storage, networking, and compute layers
  • Deep involvement in Linux kernel, filesystem internals, and I/O stack
  • Optimize performance across: VFS layer, page cache, block layer, Networking stack (TCP/IP, RDMA), Debug kernel-level issues (panic, memory leaks, I/O bottlenecks).
  • Design and implement: Replication, erasure coding, Consensus protocols (Raft/Paxos), Metadata management systems, Ensure strong/ eventual consistency models
  • Analyze and improve system performance (latency, throughput, IOPS)
  • Conduct benchmarking and capacity planning
  • Optimize for large-scale deployments (PB-scale storage)
  • Build systems for fault detection, recovery, and self-healing
  • Implement observability:
  • Metrics
  • Tracing
  • Logging
  • Root cause analysis of production issues

Who you are…

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • 3+ years of experience in systems engineering.
  • Strong expertise in : Linux kernel internals, Filesystems (ext4, XFS, btrfs, ZFS concepts), Distributed storage systems (Ceph, HDFS, GlusterFS, Lustre).
  • Deep understanding of Memory management, Concurrency and synchronization, Networking protocols
  • Debugging & Tools : perf, ftrace, eBPF, gdb, System profiling and tracing tools, Crash dump analysis
  • Strong problem-solving mindset
  • Ability to lead without authority
  • Excellent communication with cross-functional teams
  • Defines storage architecture used by millions of users
  • Drives performance improvements at infrastructure level
  • Security and SaaS experience strongly preferred.

You’ll love working here because:

  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • Annual health check-ups, Car lease Program, and Tuition Reimbursement
  • An inclusive company culture, an opportunity to join our Community Guilds
  • Personal accident cover and Term life cover

Ready to #makeyourmark at Commvault? Apply now!



Commvault is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are always committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status and we will not discriminate against on the basis of such characteristics or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we work.

Commvault’s goal is to make interviewing inclusive and accessible to all candidates and employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to participate in the interview process or apply for a position at Commvault, please email [email protected] For any inquiries not related to an accommodation please reach out to [email protected].


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Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 3+ years of experience in systems engineering
  • Strong expertise in Linux kernel internals, Filesystems, Distributed storage systems
  • Deep understanding of Memory management, Concurrency and synchronization, Networking protocols

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  • Healthcare Strength Medical coverage offers multiple plan choices alongside mental-health resources, fertility support, and wellness tools. Preventive care, specialized condition support, and comprehensive dental and vision options round out the package.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave, adoption/surrogacy reimbursement, and family-care services such as Bright Horizons and Maven support a range of caregiving and family-building needs. Backup care, tutoring, and related resources extend support beyond core health benefits.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility An employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback is positioned as a meaningful component of total rewards. Equity participation is highlighted alongside cash compensation to enhance overall value.

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The Company
HQ: Tinton Falls, NJ
3,464 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

Commvault's data protection and information management solutions provide mid- and enterprise-level organizations worldwide with a significantly better way to get value from their data Commvault can help companies protect, access and use all of their data, anywhere and anytime, turning data into a powerful strategic asset.

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