Technical Lead, Flashblade//EXA

About the Position

Everpure (NYSE: P) has evolved from storage pioneer to data platform, closing fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue, its first billion-dollar quarter, and accelerating growth into FY27. Our strategic agenda spans the companies defining the next era of technology - hyperscalers, AI labs, the AI hardware supply chain, data platform providers, and the broader AI ecosystem.

This type of work-work that changes the world-is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.

Responsibilities

• Architect and Define Performance Roadmaps: Translate deep storage protocol expertise (NFSv3 direct-to-DN, pNFS, S3) into technical performance requirements for FlashBlade//EXA’s disaggregated data path to resolve GPU-starved read patterns, metadata storms, and bursty HPC workloads.
• Drive Strategic Market Alignment for GPU/Sovereign Cloud: Align FlashBlade//EXA’s performance roadmap, sizing guidance, and reference architectures with the buying criteria and operational needs of multi-tenant GPU-cloud and sovereign-cloud operators.
• Establish Competitive Performance Technical Positioning: Develop rigorously substantiated architectural analyses comparing metadata scaling, durability tradeoffs, and GPU-direct paths to empower field engineering during customer technical evaluations and POCs.
• Optimize Stack-Wide Tuning and Benchmarking: Lead end-to-end performance validation across storage, RDMA networking, and compute, while building reproducible benchmark suites (MLPerf Storage, IO500, elbencho) that validate public claims and demonstrate market superiority.
• Define Multi-Tenant QoS and SLA Guarantees: Establish technical requirements and validation frameworks for quality-of-service, workload isolation, and IOPS limits to deliver predictable SLA commitments in shared deployments.

Requirements

• Storage Performance Architecture Expertise: Proven expertise in storage performance engineering across file, block, and object protocols (such as parallel filesystems, pNFS/NFS at scale, and S3-scale object stores).
• GPU Cluster & Fabric Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of GPU cluster architecture, including RDMA fabrics, GPUDirect Storage, checkpoint/restore dynamics, and resolving bottleneck patterns across compute, network, and storage layers.
• Benchmarking & Load Generation Mastery: Proficiency with industry benchmark standards (MLPerf Storage, IO500) and load-generation tools (elbencho, fio, vdbench), alongside the capability to design custom, workload-representative tests.
• Competitive Analysis & Systems Design: Demonstrated ability to perform architecture-level competitive analysis, along with a firm grasp of multi-tenant resource management concepts (QoS, rate limiting, and workload isolation) in distributed systems.
• Cross-Functional Technical Leadership: Ability to navigate complex technical discussions across the full stack-from debugging low-level network queue stalls to articulating system capabilities directly to customer evaluation teams.

Location

We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with Everpure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.

We Offer

• 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 benefits.everpuredata.com for more information.

About the Company

Everpure is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire.

Join us and bring your best.

Bring your bold.

Pure and simple.