Senior Software Engineer (Linux Storage Systems)

Required for this role

Deep hands-on expertise in at least two areas: Linux, Storage Systems, or parallel file systems.

Strong systems programming skills with C or Go, including experience developing or debugging Linux kernel code, modules, or I/O-related subsystems.

Deep understanding of the Linux I/O path, memory management, scheduling, and their impact on storage performance.

Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across storage layers, drivers, and infrastructure components.

Experience with storage protocols, drivers, filesystems, or storage services such as OpenLustre, Ceph, BeeGFS, ZFS, NFS, or Samba.

Understanding of SCSI standards and the Linux storage ecosystem, including SCST, LIO, and the Linux SCSI subsystem.

Experience with performance engineering, profiling, benchmarking, and optimization of storage stacks.

Working knowledge of Kubernetes, including the ability to independently deploy and debug services in a cluster.

Strong problem-solving skills for diagnosing low-level software and infrastructure issues across complex storage environments.

Nice to have

Experience with NVMe, SPDK, or RAID stacks and controllers.

Advanced knowledge of networking fundamentals, routing, tunneling, VPNs, and mesh networking technologies such as WireGuard, Tailscale, EdgeVPN, and OpenVPN.

Strong troubleshooting skills using tcpdump and Wireshark, including experience investigating Kubernetes networking components.

Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals, including etcd, kubelet, CRI, CNI, CSI, controllers, operators, and API machinery, or experience building complete CSI driver solutions or custom Kubernetes distributions.

Your responsibilities

Develop and maintain scalable storage management applications for storage array systems.

Build systems-level software using C or Go, working with open source and third-party software.

Develop, debug, and troubleshoot Linux kernel code, modules, and I/O-related subsystems.

Investigate complex issues across storage layers, drivers, filesystems, and infrastructure components.

Analyze the Linux I/O path, memory management, and scheduling to identify and address storage performance bottlenecks.

Work with storage protocols, filesystems, drivers, and storage services across the Linux storage ecosystem.

Profile, benchmark, and optimize storage stacks to improve performance, scalability, and resilience.

Deploy and debug storage-related services in Kubernetes environments and contribute to infrastructure-level troubleshooting.

What you get

Your time off

Up to 15 paid vacation days annually

Additional unpaid days off

19 Colombian public holidays

Learning & growth

Sombra University workshops and internal learning programs

Tech Communities and knowledge sharing sessions

Language courses and workshops

Mentorship opportunities

Access to the Platzi online learning platform

And even more

Company-provided work equipment

Internal referral program

Bonuses for getting married or the birth of a child

Sombra events and internal initiatives

Before you apply

Our recruitment team will carefully review your profile, and if we see a good match with the role, we'll reach out to you shortly.

If you don't hear from us within 5 business days, it means we've decided to continue the process with other candidates for this position. Thanks for understanding.