Principal Solution Engineer, Pure Storage
AI Data Platform
$187-299k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Data storage company
Open for applications
Data storage company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$187-299k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To redefine the storage experience and empower innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data.
Role
Who you are
- Infrastructure and Platform Expertise: In-depth, holistic knowledge of HPC and AI environments including NVidia products and platforms, GPU architecture, storage and networking, performance tuning, Kubernetes, Scripting languages, Operating Systems
- Storage Proficiency: An understanding of block, file, and object storage protocols (e.g., FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB, S3) and their application in high performance environments
- Platform Knowledge: Expertise in hybrid cloud platforms, including public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), virtualization technologies (Run.ai, OpenShift, Kubernetes), and Linux based operating systems
- Solution Architecture: Ability to design, document, and validate comprehensive solutions that address technical and business needs from the complete software stack through the infrastructure environment
- Technical Marketing Skills: Ability to collaborate with marketing teams to create impactful content, presentations, and messaging that highlights technical capabilities and customer value for Pure’s target audience of buyers, influencers and decision makers
- Performance Optimization: In Depth knowledge of the I/O protocols, pathways and tuning practices to derive the greatest performance in both real world environments and across standardized performance benchmarking tools such as IO500, MLPerf and Stack-m3
- Understanding of large scale environments: Familiarity with data patterns of GenAI, HPC, Training and Inferencing in real world applications and how to optimize solutions architectures to extract efficiency and performance from the entire stack
- Systems Engineering Knowledge: Proficiency in Linux, Bash/Python scripting, IP networking, Ansible, Terraform
- Diagnostic Skills: Strong troubleshooting capabilities for performance issues
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in database architecture, SQL Server solutions, and related technologies
- Proven ability to execute on strategies and deliver high-quality solutions aligned with organizational goals
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering practical and impactful solutions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present to both technical and executive audiences
- Demonstrated adaptability to learn new technologies and respond to evolving organizational needs
- Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced setting with minimal supervision
- We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Bellevue, Washington office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled and self-driven AI/HPC Solutions Engineer to join our team
- This execution-focused role is critical for designing, validating, and documenting innovative solutions in the AI/HPC space that support our strategic go to market efforts for Enterprise customers across the globe
- You will be part of a highly collaborative, cross functional team driving solution delivery—from initial concept to final documentation—across a variety of environments
- Leveraging Pure’s platform, you will address real-world challenges for customers, partners, and internal teams
- AI Solutions Development: Participate in the definition and execution of the solutions roadmap by executing on the design, development, validation and delivery of AI Solutions built and integrated with a variety of Alliance products and Pure’s entire product suite
- Develop Technical Collateral: Develop technical documentation, including reference architectures, best practices, white papers, and solution briefs, that effectively communicate the value of Pure Storage solutions for AI & HPC workloads to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Lab Validation and Demonstration: Build, validate, and document solutions using Pure Storage technologies in a lab environment
- Stakeholder Engagement: Present solutions to customers, partners, and internal teams, translating technical details into business value and actionable insights
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, product management, field architects, professional services and marketing teams to align solutions with go-to-market strategies and customer objectives
- Technical Marketing Support: Collaborate with the marketing team to develop and refine messaging, presentations, and technical content that highlights the business value and differentiated value of Pure Storage solutions for specific target audiences such as researchers, data scientists, systems engineers and infrastructure teams
- Professional Documentation: Plan, outline, and publish professional technical documents on schedule, ensuring accuracy and clarity
- Customer-Focused Solutions: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand real-world customer challenges and deliver practical, impactful solutions
- Collaborative Teamwork: Work collaboratively within a team and cross-functionally within the company to achieve common goals and drive innovation
- Effective Communication: Communicate in a clear and concise professional manner, tailored to the appropriate audience; including both verbal and written communications
- Manage Multiple Priorities: Manage multiple priorities and tasks within a dynamic work environment, ensuring timely and effective delivery of projects
Application process
- There is no application deadline and we accept applications on an ongoing basis until the job is filled
Our take
Named one of the top 50 Hottest Edge Hardware, Software, and Services Companies of 2022, Pure Storage is a data storage company that helps tech and software businesses leverage the continuous innovations of AI and machine learning through its storage solutions. From Roblox to NASA, many of Pure Storage’s customers are leaders in their fields.
After seeing rapid revenue growth in the early 2010s despite overall losses, Pure Storage’s 2015 IPO benefitted the company over the next half-decade, spreading losses with public trade. The risk especially paid off when many companies migrated to cloud services in the 2020s.
As data centers flew into the crosshairs of sustainable energy efforts, Pure Storage has remained on the right side of publicity through its Evergreen // One portfolio, a flexible consumption-based storage model for providers. In January 2023, Pure Storage reported continued subscription growth for this model and should continue on track as its hefty and influential client list evolves to meet sustainability goals.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2014
$225m
SERIES F
Aug 2013
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $474.9m
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Leadership
John Colgrove
(CTO)Previously EIR at Sutter Hill Ventures, Fellow at Symantec Software, and Engineer at Amdahl.
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