Data Path Software Engineer

We are actively recruiting for a Data Path Software Engineer to join our Engineering team. This role will work with Product Management, Quality Engineering and Software Engineering to advance our data path technologies, performance and capability. This position is located in Louisville, CO, but we are open to the position being located at our office in Houston, TX. Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and architecture of new or re-engineered software in our core areas of distributed computing and high-performance storage
• Collaborates on and implements architecture recommendations surrounding performance, resiliency, preventive maintenance, and high availability
• Identifies and eliminates performance bottlenecks and makes performance-related recommendations (hardware, software, configuration)
• Designs and develops major functional or performance enhancements for existing products, or produces new software products or tools
• Work closely with Quality Engineering, Product Management and other Engineering teams
• Develop, test, and integrate code for new or existing software of significant complexity
• Promote and participate in design, efficient code and collaborative code reviews
• Provide sustaining or maintenance support to existing software environment, either by implementation or providing guidance to “junior” engineers

• B.S. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent is strongly preferred
• 4 - 8 years of experience in a Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer capacity
• Proven and demonstrable experience with C/C++
• Strong understanding of storage protocols (iSCSI, SAS/SATA, PCIe) is a big plus
• Experience working with Jenkins or similar CI tools
• Experience working and integrating with VMware is a plus
• Experience with Agile methodologies is strongly preferred
• Proficiency with IP networking in Linux environment
• Good understanding of performance monitoring and hardware limitations of enterprise level servers
• Assertive communication and ability to influence cross functional stakeholders to make best decisions for the company and clients
• Strong written and verbal communications are a must, Agile Programming Methodologies, C Programming Language, C++ Programming Language, Code Reviews, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cross-Functional, Desktop Virtualization, Distributed Computing, Engineering Software, Financial Services, Gaming, Government, Hardware Configuration Management, Healthcare, High Availability, Human-Computer Interaction, IP (Internet Protocol), Industry/Trade Analysis, Jenkins, Linux Networks, PCI Express (PCI-E), People Management, Performance Analysis, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Preventative Maintenance, Product Management, Quality Engineering, Retail, Serial ATA (SATA), Software Administration, Software Configuration Management, Software Engineering, Surveillance, Team Player, Test Plan/Schedule, VMWare, Writing Skills, iSCSI

Pivot3 is the leading provider of intelligent hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions for video surveillance, video analytics, VDI and mixed workloads. Pivot3’s solutions provide security, resilience and management simplicity at scale for customers’ mission-critical environments. With thousands of customers in 64 countries, and deployments in education, hospitality, transportation, government, defense, healthcare, gaming, financial services and retail, Pivot3 is a fast-growing company (recognized by industry analysts Gartner and Forrester as a key HCI vendor) with opportunity for career growth and the ability to make a real impact on shaping the future of the business.