Software Engineering Manager, Cloud Block Store
Bellevue, WA

Job Description

About Us

Our ambitious goal of helping innovators build a better world with data started in 2009. Today, we are one of the fastest growing enterprise companies in history, surpassing $1B in revenue at the end of 2017.

The world is experiencing a technological revolution driven by AI, machine learning, virtual reality, quantum computing and self-driving cars -- all of which require large amounts of data and put Pure's technology literally in the driver's seat. Our solutions deliver real-time, secure data to power mission-critical production, DevOps, and modern analytics in multi-cloud environments. With a Satmetrix NPS score in the top 1% of B2B companies worldwide, our customer-first culture and commitment to innovation create a thriving company that employees, customers, partners, and investors love. For more information on our business, check out the corporate fact sheet here.

FlashArray Team at Pure

We build the industry leading FlashArray products: high-performance, highly available and durable all-flash storage designed for the most demanding business critical workloads. Much of our competitive advantage comes our FlashArray software, wherein we are able to sustain a consistent, rapid pace of innovation, empowering employee growth and doing good for our customers! In 2018, we extended the value of our FlashArray capabilities into the cloud with CloudSnap and Cloud Block Store for AWS, trailblazing new initiatives for our customers to leverage the agility of the public cloud for both traditional IT and cloud-native applications. Our customers are the most important part of our business and they love FlashArray for increasing performance and reliability of business applications while reducing costs and eliminating downtime with our Evergreen model.

There's lots more for us to do - we'd love to hear from you and have the opportunity to share more about our vision and what being a part of this team could mean for your career!

What You Will Be Doing

Pure Storage is seeking an experienced software development manager to help lead product development and grow the overall Engineering organization. You will be leading a team of experienced software developers in an early-stage project and will need to partner with product management, QA, technical writing, and various other software teams. You will also provide the necessary technical direction and mentoring to employees on your team and others to achieve successful project outcomes.

In this role you'll get to learn and contribute to the process of developing great technology and building a successful company. Our open culture and transparency in both strategy and operations allows employees a deeper level of engagement in engineering and business decisions.

What You Bring To The Team

* BS in computer science or equivalent
* At least 5 years of technical management experience, at multiple levels while staying hands-on in development
* At least 5 years of systems software development experience (C/C++/Java)
* At least 10 years of overall software industry experience
* Proven expertise in managing projects throughout the entire SDLC, delivering products to market on schedule, and ensuring feedback loops from customers into development
* Strong customer focus
* Experience introducing and growing an agile (Scrum) environment with short cycles
* Solid knowledge of end-to-end quality best practices
* Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Excellent written and verbal communications skills

No Storage? No Problem.

We look for talent and culture first, specific backgrounds second, so once you decide Pure is the right place for you, we will match you with the right project to start with. Plus, we like people to have the ability to do different things and be constantly learning, so we support our employees in moving around to different teams and projects across the company.

Pure creates opportunities for individual development and career growth.

We offer a six-month leadership development program for current employees looking to advance within the company, as well as sales and technical training programs for interns and recent graduates. We also host monthly workshops and panels that focus on a variety of topics ranging from honing the skills needed for career advancement to learning how to choose a mentor.

Popular Perks

Pure offers an unlimited vacation policy, free lunches, meditation rooms, free yoga classes and employee resource groups, such as Pure Equality and Pure Vets, to encourage all of our employees to maintain mind and body wellness. We offer numerous volunteer opportunities for employees to give back not only to the Bay Area, but across the globe.