Senior Software Engineer– Engineering Acceleration, Hyperscale Line of Business at Pure Storage in Santa Clara, California

Job description

• The Hyperscale Line of Business at Pure Storage builds and ships exabyte-scale infrastructure with an emphasis on speed, reliability, and operational excellence.
• As a Senior Software Engineer you will operate with a 90% hands-on coding focus. You will work at the heart of Engineering Acceleration: building and productizing the shared tools that make Hyperscale engineering teams faster and more effective. In this role, you'll design and build Python and C++ tooling for high-toil developer workflows, use AI-assisted development to iterate quickly as requirements evolve, and turn promising prototypes into supported tools that engineering teams rely on daily.

Responsibilities

• Developer Experience & Tooling (~50% Focus)
• Build shared tools for high-toil engineering workflows (triage, rebase/payload, release), taking them from prototype to supported, documented, and reliable.
• Use AI tooling to prototype and iterate rapidly, staying responsive to changing requirements.
• Use engineering metrics to diagnose workflow friction and directly improve developer velocity across the org.
• Design & Reliability (~40% Focus)
• Strong design and architecture judgment so fast-moving tools stay maintainable, correct, and safe to depend on.
• Write robust software and implement clean interfaces (REST, gRPC, CLI) for the tools and services engineers use daily.
• Partner with Tech Leads and Managers to shape technical roadmaps for dev tooling.
• Mentor junior engineers, participate in deep code reviews, and establish operational excellence (incident response, change management, build observability).
• We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara office in compliance with Everpure's policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.

Requirements

• 6+ years of production software engineering experience (calibrated for MTS4/Senior level) in developer productivity, tooling, or platform engineering.
• Mastery of Python and C++ in production Linux environments. (Familiarity with Go or Java is a plus).
• Experience building internal tools or developer-facing software and turning prototypes into supported, shared tools, including containerization (Docker) for reproducible environments; fluent use of AI coding tools to move fast.
• Hands-on experience designing clean interfaces (gRPC, REST, CLI) for tools and services.
• Comfort using engineering metrics and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, fb303, scribe, t-digest) to diagnose friction and measure improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

Skills

Required

• Python
• C++
• Linux
• Docker
• gRPC
• REST
• CLI
• AI coding tools

Preferred

• Go
• Java

Benefits

• Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge, and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been named Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology™, Fortune's Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™, and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
• Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.
• And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events. Check out http://benefits.everpuredata.com/ for more information.
• Salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location. For positions open to candidates in multiple geographical locations, the base salary range is reflective of the labor market across the applicable locations.
• This role may be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity.
• There is no application deadline and we accept applications on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.
• $180,000 - $270,000 USD