Staff Engineer, Storage Services

Job description

## About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. ## About the Role We’re hiring a ****Staff Engineer, Storage Services**** to provide senior technical leadership across our storage services group and shape the architecture, engineering direction, and technical quality of services spanning ****Block, File, Parallel, and Object storage****. This is a ****senior individual contributor**** role within the ****Engineering**** organization, reporting to the ****VP Storage Engineer**** and working closely with the ****Director of Storage Services****. You will partner across ****platform, infrastructure, and product teams**** to ensure storage services integrate effectively into the broader Nscale platform, while helping translate strategy into clear technical direction. In this role, you’ll define how critical storage services are designed, built, and evolved as part of Nscale’s wider platform. Your impact will be felt through stronger engineering standards, better technical decision-making, and the delivery of ****scalable, resilient, and high-performing**** storage capabilities that support the future of AI infrastructure at Nscale. ## What you'll be doing ****Technical Leadership & Architecture**** - ****Provide**** technical leadership across the Storage Services group for ****Block, File, Parallel, and Object storage**** services. - ****Lead**** the design of scalable, resilient, and high-performance storage solutions aligned with Nscale’s wider platform architecture. - ****Guide**** key engineering decisions, review designs, and uphold high standards of technical quality across the storage estate. - ****Drive**** architectural consistency, sound engineering practices, and strong technical governance across storage services. ****Strategy, Planning & Roadmap Influence**** - ****Work**** closely with engineering leadership to translate storage strategy into clear technical plans, priorities, and implementation approaches. - ****Influence**** the roadmap by clarifying technical trade-offs, platform dependencies, and long-term architectural considerations. - ****Identify**** technical risks, scalability constraints, and operational weaknesses before they become larger issues. ****Cross-Functional Engineering Partnership**** - ****Partner**** with engineers across platform, infrastructure, and product teams to ensure storage services integrate effectively into the broader Nscale platform. - ****Support**** teams with hands-on guidance to solve complex engineering challenges. - ****Contribute**** deep technical expertise where platform-level coordination and alignment are required. ****Technical Excellence & Continuous Improvement**** - ****Lead**** technical investigations, proof of concepts, and design work for new storage capabilities, service improvements, and platform enhancements. - ****Support**** the team in improving service reliability, observability, performance, supportability, and operational maturity. - ****Contribute**** to major incident resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement where deep storage expertise is required. - ****Stay**** current with developments in storage technologies and distributed systems to inform decisions on tools, architectures, and service evolution. ****Mentorship & Engineering Standards**** - ****Mentor**** and support engineers within the Storage Services group, helping raise technical capability across the team. - ****Act**** as a senior technical authority by reviewing implementation approaches and guiding teams through difficult technical problems. - ****Help**** set engineering standards that strengthen the quality and long-term maintainability of storage services. ## KPIs - Scalable, resilient storage architecture delivery - Service reliability, observability, and performance improvements - Reduction of technical risks and scalability constraints - Technical standards uplift across the Storage Services group ## About You - ****Proven experience**** in a Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, Lead Architect, or similar senior technical role within storage, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or platform engineering. - ****Deep expertise**** across modern storage architectures, including ****Block, File, Parallel, and Object storage**** systems. - ****Strong track record**** of leading technical direction in complex engineering environments without formal people management authority. - ****Demonstrable experience**** designing and operating large-scale, production-grade storage or infrastructure services. - ****Deep understanding**** of distributed systems principles, including performance, availability, consistency, fault tolerance, and scalability. - ****Experience**** working on platform-level services that support multiple products, teams, or customer use cases. - ****Strong systems thinking**** with the ability to evaluate trade-offs across architecture, operations, cost, performance, and customer requirements. - ****Hands-on engineering credibility**** with the ability to go deep into technical design, review implementation approaches, and guide teams through complex problems. - ****Experience**** mentoring engineers and raising technical standards across a team or organisation. - ****Strong communication skills**** with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and influence stakeholders across engineering and leadership teams. - ****Comfort**** operating across both strategic and detailed technical work, from long-term architecture through to practical delivery guidance. - ****Experience**** in ****AI, HPC, data-intensive, or performance-sensitive environments**** would be highly advantageous. - ****Bachelor’s degree**** in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. ## What we can offer you At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core. Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. ✨ Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy — always with our full support. Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments. ## Equal Opportunities Statement We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Highly competitive compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. 🚀 If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know. 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