Senior Systems Software Engineer, Object Storage

Job overview

The Senior Systems Software Engineer, Object Storage role is hybrid, with office attendance in Centennial, CO during core business hours Tuesday through Thursday, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM. The annual salary range is $130,000 to $170,000. Quantum develops data lifecycle platforms for organizations across multiple industries. The engineer designs and optimizes the object storage data path and distributed services, from request handling through durable cluster storage. The role contributes to platform performance, scalability, data integrity, and resilience under failures.

What you'll do

• Design and optimize object request processing
• build routing, buffering, streaming, and caching components
• develop metadata and data placement services
• implement durability and recovery features
• address concurrency and correctness
• profile Linux systems
• improve cluster scaling and rebalancing
• collaborate across platform teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

systems software engineer

object storage

distributed systems

c/c++

rust

linux

high-performance storage

hybrid

centennial co

$130k–$170k

quantum

data path

cluster resilience

401(k) match

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical and prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, and supplemental insurance options
• lifestyle reimbursement and education programs
• company-matched 401(k)
• employee stock purchase program.

Why this role

Deep systems role focused on high-performance object storage, distributed systems correctness, and durable data at scale.

About the employer

Quantum US is hiring for this role. Industry: Software Publishers. Sector: 51.