Software Engineer - Backend Storage

Exoscale (Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland)

Cloud Storage Backend Object Storage Distributed Systems Clojure Java Go SQL FoundationDB API Performance Monitoring Infrastructure Scalability Reliability Back End Engineer Data Engineer

Exoscale is the leading Swiss/European cloud service provider. Join a dynamic working environment with a cutting-edge distributed team. Exoscale strives to create an environment with great working conditions and welcomes diverse applicants.

Exoscale is hiring a backend software engineer to join our object storage team to work on the design and implementation of additional capabilities. You’ll be part of the effort to improve our object storage frontend, by implementing new features within the API as well as optimizing the internals of the service, with a focus on the scalability, reliability and throughput of the system while keeping durability as our main priority.

The object storage is part of the core products of the Exoscale catalog, enabling customers as well as many internal components to offload their storage needs.

Some of the challenges you will be working on:
* Design, improve and maintain our object storage frontend
* Improve our encryption integration and introducing batch processors
* Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues
* Participate in code & changes reviews
* Take part in the on-call rotation after a training period

Ideal candidates will:
* Have experience with cloud infrastructure
* Have experience with designing, building and operating distributed systems
* Have experience with Clojure and Java, with knowledge of Go
* Have experience with SQL data stores and FoundationDB
* Have an eye for performance and monitoring

What we offer:
* Flexible working hours and working from home.
* Autonomous working conditions with a lot of freedom to create.
* Modern working atmosphere and centrally located office with great public transport connection
* Team events as well as training and further education.

Candidates who are not familiar with all the topics above but willing to learn are encouraged to apply.