Software Development Engineer — Storage

Were seeking a Systems Development Engineer with deep storage expertise to architect build and operate the high-performance storage infrastructure that accelerates silicon development at Annapurna this role youll own the storage platformsspanning Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP FSx for Lustre and S3that enable chip design teams to iterate faster run regressions more efficiently and bring transformative custom silicon to market.

Key job responsibilities
You will design deploy and operate high-performance storage platformsAmazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (Gen1/Gen2) and FSx for Lustreoptimized for EDA and HPC workloads. This includes managing NFS exports ONTAP SVMs intelligent tiering (FabricPool) snapshot policies SnapMirror replication and quota enforcement across multi-tenant environments. Youll deploy all storage infrastructure using AWS CDK architect cross-VPC and multi-account solutions via Transit Gateway and Route 53 private hosted zones enable EFA for high-throughput Lustre access and manage data synchronization using DataSync and S3 integrations. Youll build a Storage as a Service platform with self-service provisioning defined SLOs cost attribution and automated lifecycle management that enables teams to consume storage without deep specialization.
You will build monitoring and observability for storage health utilization and cost trends and establish incident response processes for storage-related failures. Youll continuously evaluate and adopt new AWS storage featuresGen2 scale-out NVMe-over-TCP enhanced backup performanceto keep the platform at the leading edge. Youll profile I/O patterns across EDA workloads tune file system configurations for optimal performance and partner with silicon design and verification teams to proactively scale capacity and mentor others on storage best practices.


A day in the life
You might start your day reviewing storage utilization dashboards and tiering efficiency reports identifying file systems approaching capacity thresholds or workloads that would benefit from tier migration. Mid-morning you could be collaborating with a verification team to provision a new FSx for Lustre file system optimized for their regression suitesizing it based on their I/O profiles enabling EFA access and deploying it through your CDK pipeline.
In the afternoon you might be building the next iteration of your Storage as a Service platformadding automated quota enforcement for a new team onboarding implementing a snapshot policy that aligns with their project milestones or extending cross-VPC access to a new account. Youll review pull requests for CDK constructs investigate a DataSync job that stalled and discuss FSx ONTAP Gen2 migration plans with your team.
Throughout the day youll balance immediate customer needsexpanding a volume for a team blocked on disk space troubleshooting NFS mount latencywith longer-term platform investments like evaluating intelligent tiering policies or prototyping NVMe-over-TCP access patterns. Youll engage with AWS service teams on feature requests and roadmap alignment ensuring Annapurna Labs gets the most from the storage platform.


About the team
At Annapurna Labs your storage infrastructure work directly enables breakthrough innovations in custom silicon that power AWS and transform industries. The EDA Cloud Infrastructure team builds and operates the compute storage and networking platforms that hundreds of chip designers and verification engineers depend on daily. We offer the resources and scale of AWS with the innovation culture and technical depth of a focused silicon team.
If youre passionate about storage systems thrive on building platforms that make complex infrastructure simple for others and want to see your work accelerate the next generation of AWS siliconwe want to hear from you.


- Bachelors degree or above in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or related fields
- 5 years of professional experience in storage engineering systems engineering or infrastructure development
- 3 years of hands-on experience with NAS/NFS storage systems (NetApp ONTAP or equivalent enterprise storage platforms)
- 3 years of experience with AWS cloud services including storage services (FSx S3 EBS EFS)
- 2 years of experience with infrastructure as code (CDK Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Experience with Linux/Unix systems administration and networking fundamentals
- Proficiency in at least one programming language: Python Go TypeScript or similar
- Knowledge of storage protocols (NFS SMB/CIFS iSCSI) and storage performance tuning

- Experience with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (Gen1/Gen2 architectures SVM management FabricPool tiering SnapMirror snapshot policies)
- Experience with Amazon FSx for Lustre including EFA-enabled configurations for HPC workloads
- Experience building self-service storage platforms with quota management automated provisioning and cost attribution
- Experience with AWS CDK (TypeScript or Python) including building custom L2/L3 constructs
- Experience with cross-VPC and multi-account storage architectures (Transit Gateway VPC peering Route 53 private hosted zones)
- Experience with AWS DataSync S3 lifecycle policies and data migration strategies
- Familiarity with HPC workloads job schedulers (Slurm LSF) or electronic design automation (EDA) environments
- Experience with storage observability: CloudWatch metrics custom dashboards capacity planning
- NetApp certifications (NCDA NCIE) or AWS Solutions Architect Professional
- Experience mentoring engineers and driving storage best practices across an organization

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Austin - 143700.00 - 194400.00 USD annually