Job offer description

Want to be part of the Engineering team of Western Digital, with a development center in Belgium, Ghent?

Want to work on their latest Object Storage systems that delivers storage capacity up to 52 PetaByte?

Want to write software for the ActiveScale Productline?

We are looking for a junior C++ Software Engineer who wants to work on extending the customer facing Storage API, different storage compliance features, Disaster Recovery options and tuning for better performance and scalability.

We are looking for people that want to start their career by learning from some of the worlds brightest storage experts and contribute to a revolutionizing product.

When you want to (learn to) write software with a focus on Enterprise Quality, Performance, Scalability and Robustness, you should talk to us.

Position Responsibilities

  • Taking Product Management's input on new features and product enhancements, and translating this into well tested and well architected implementations.
  • Through our Agile development process driving features from demo's to production ready code through serveral iterations.
  • Assisting our Customer Support team with troubleshooting issues and optimizing Customers' setups
  • Create well documented code which is quality assured by unit, component and integration testing code which are run through our Continuous Integration Environments in order to avoid any regression and give you instant feedback on what you've written.
  • Iterate on improving design and functionality and get the liberty and opportunity to step outside the beaten path on our quarterly hackatons.

About Amplidata / HGST

Amplidata develops the software that drives the HGST P100 and X100 multi petabyte cloud storage products.

Being part of Western Digital (HGST) the leading storage company in the world we put a heavy focus on software quality, reliability, scalability and innovation.

To learn more about HGST visit http://www.hgst.com

To learn more about Amplidata visit http://www.amplidata.com

Qualifications Required Skillset

  • Master in computer science, Physics or Mathematics or equivalent through experience

  • Job open for young graduates and people with up to 3 years of experienc

  • Ability to think in an algorithmic fashion and to quickly grasp time-complexity, computer architecture and programming concepts

  • Basic knowledge of Python and bash & basic administration & troubleshooting of Linux

Skills considered a plus

  • Some experience with C++

  • Knowledge of Amazon's AWS S3 API, SDK's & tools

  • Understanding of Cloud and Enterprise storage concepts and products

Personality

  • You enjoy working with other people and delivering features as a team. When the team is at risk of missing out on its commitment, you'll help out even if that means stepping out of your comfort zone.

  • You're fine with getting open feedback from your peers through code review and pair programming

  • You’re used to working in a team with clear coding guidelines and high standards for code.

  • You enjoy working with people from other cultures and timezones

  • You like working in an environment that appreciates humor, fun and off-work activities.

Job details
Sector:
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
Occupation field:
Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology)
Education field:
Computing
Work experience:
Work experience is not required
Salary range:
Not provided
Date of expiry:

About company

Amplidata, part of the US-based technology company WESTERN DIGITAL, develops object storage software for public and private CLOUD data centers in C++, Python, Java and O'CAML. Amplidata is a highly innovative systems storage SOFTWARE solutions company serving a global client base. Founded by storage experts in 2008 who saw how the emergence of BIG DATA would render traditional storage systems… Find out more