Software Development Engineer — Storage

About the role

We're 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 Labs. In this role, you'll own the storage platforms—spanning Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, FSx for Lustre, and S3—that enable chip design teams to iterate faster, run regressions more efficiently, and bring transformative custom silicon to market.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate high-performance storage platforms—Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP (Gen1/Gen2) and FSx for Lustre—optimized for EDA and HPC workloads.
• Manage NFS exports, ONTAP SVMs, intelligent tiering (FabricPool), snapshot policies, SnapMirror replication, and quota enforcement across multi-tenant environments.
• 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.
• 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.
• Build monitoring and observability for storage health, utilization, and cost trends, and establish incident response processes for storage-related failures.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new AWS storage features—Gen2 scale-out, NVMe-over-TCP, enhanced backup performance—to keep the platform at the leading edge.
• 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.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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