Filesystem Engineer

Parcks
Brighton and Hove, UK
10 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Big Data C++ (Programming Language) Profiling Data Recovery Data Structures File Systems Open Source Technology ZFS File System Network Server

Job description

secure against rot, leaks, and surveillance. You will create a filesystem optimised for privacy, encryption, and performance across Capsule range products. You will engineer systems that combine encryption, replication, and resilience. You will protect users from bit rot, vendor lock-in, and accidental loss. The filesystem will not be a cage, but a fortress that empowers people to host their lives safely. This work is both technical and cultural: proving that ethical, resilient storage can exist. To help forge SP, an operating system that empower users to host their own archives, servers, and backups - free from corporate clouds. Key responsibilities Architect and implement a privacy-first filesystem. Ensure encrypted, resilient storage for cross-device sync. Optimise filesystem performance for diverse workloads (personal, server, mobile). Build a filesystem that outlives obsolescence and disposability. 6+ years in filesystem or storage development. Deep knowledge of, storage

Requirements

architectures and data structures, Strong C, C++, or Rust programming ability. Experience with ZFS, UFS, Btrfs, or custom FS. Familiarity with encryption methods and secure storage. Contributions to open-source filesystem projects. Background in NAS or large-scale data storage. Data recovery or forensics background.File systems built for decentralised storage. Tools & Technologies Languages: C, C++, Rust. Filesystem testing frameworks. Profiling and benchmarking tools. Duration & Time Commitment Full-time, long-term, On-site Competitive salary aligned with mission-driven executive roles. Remote-first flexibility, with gatherings in Brighton’s Flagship for deep work. A place at the helm of one of the most ambitious software revolutions of this century. #J-18808-Ljbffr

About the company

Data is memory, memory is truth, and truth must never be surrendered. Clouds rot with surveillance, corporate drives exploit obsolescence, and data is lost in silence. At Parcks we refuse the opaque prisons of corporate filesystems. We build our own ; transparent, efficient, and incorruptible. If you believe files are more than storage, if you dream of data structures as rebellion, then you’re at the right place. We seek a Filesystem Engineer to give users vaults they can trust for a lifetime. Data is memory, history, and truth. A crew mate knowing his craft to ensure users own their data without compromise. Your mission is to design the way people remember. The Filesystem Engineer designs the vaults where our users’ lives are kept. A filesystem is not just storage, it is the memory palace of freedom. Every inode, every block, every snapshot must guarantee privacy and endurance to design and optimise storage systems that are fast, resilient, and incorruptible. You will make every byte

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