Data Plane Engineer

• →Design and develop core components in C/C++
• →Work on Data Path / I/O Path functionality in performance-sensitive systems
• →Contribute to engineering work involving NVMe / NVMe-oF
• →Debug, optimize, and improve low-level code for throughput, latency, and reliability
• →Collaborate with engineers working across storage and systems infrastructure
• →Help build robust, scalable software for demanding production environments

• 5 to 20 years of software engineering experience
• Strong hands-on programming skills in C/C++
• Experience working on Data Path / I/O Path
• Hands-on exposure to NVMe / NVMe-oF
• Strong systems thinking and debugging capability
• Based in Pune, India

• Kernel development experience
• Experience in storage systems or low-level systems software
• Exposure to performance tuning, OS-level development, or protocol-heavy systems

• Engineers who like working close to the hardware and operating system
• People who enjoy solving difficult systems and performance problems
• Builders who want to work on core infrastructure, not just abstraction layers
• Strong individual contributors who value technical depth and meaningful engineering ownership

• Engineers whose experience is mainly in web, frontend, or general application development
• Candidates without meaningful low-level systems exposure
• People looking for a purely managerial role
• Those who prefer broad platform work over deep systems engineering

Why join DDN - DDN is trusted in environments where infrastructure performance truly matters. For engineers who want to do serious technical work, this is a chance to build at the core of modern data infrastructure alongside people who care about craft, performance, and real-world impact.

Apply if - You have strong C/C++ skills, real Data Path / I/O Path experience, and hands-on exposure to NVMe / NVMe-oF, and you want to work on systems software that matter