Senior Developer - Enterprise Backup For Virtualization Workload

Designation: Senior Developer - Enterprise Backup for Virtualization Workload
Experience: 5+ years of professional software development experience
Role type: Full-time | Permanent
Location: Whitefield, Bangalore (Hybrid)

About IDrive

IDrive provides secure cloud backup, object storage, remote access, and SaaS data backup to over 5 million users worldwide. Join an innovation-driven engineering team building the next-gen SaaS data protection platform.

About the Job

As a Senior Developer - Enterprise Backup for Virtualization Workload, you will build and maintain backup and restore capabilities for virtualized workloads. The work will span host agents, storage engines, control services, data workflows, and cloud connectors. You will work on high-performance systems where reliability and consistency are core expectations. You will be expected to make technical decisions, participate in design reviews, and guide others on patterns and best practices.

What you will be doing:

Core development

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance software for enterprise-grade backup and restore for virtualization environments.
• Develop features across the full stack, including host-agent, storage engine, control services, data services, and cloud connectors.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, define best practices, provide mentorship to other developers, and advocate for a strong systems engineering discipline.
• Participate in, drive, or lead initiatives or community projects that align with our product domain.

Troubleshooting and optimization

• Debug complex issues involving filesystems, virtualization layers, and storage systems.
• Analyze performance traces and logs to identify bottlenecks.
• Improve throughput, minimize latency, and ensure data integrity during backup and restore operations
• Help improve engineering practices for testing, code reviews, and documentation.

Core Technical Competencies

• Virtualization platforms such as VMware or Hyper-V.
• Filesystems such as ext4, XFS, ZFS, or NTFS.
• Programming in Go, C++, Java, or Python.
• Storage endpoints, snapshot APIs, and metadata structures.
• Cloud environments where hybrid deployment is common.

Process and collaboration

• Work with product and QA teams to define the scope and validate expected behavior.
• Align development with release schedules and milestones.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in build, test, and release processes.

What we expect from you:

Experience & technical expertise

• 5+ years of professional software development experience (with a strong preference for candidates with systems/infrastructure/storage focus).
• Strong foundations in file systems (e.g., ext4, XFS, ZFS, NTFS) and virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen).
• Understanding of cloud-based enterprise products in on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments.
• Strong programming skills (Go is a plus; alternatively, C/C++, Java, or Python with the willingness/ability to pick up Go).
• Excellent debugging and system-level problem-solving skills spanning across logs, performance traces, storage I/O, and virtualisation internals.
• Good communication skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to drive results in a fast-moving engineering environment.

Good to have

• Experience with backup, snapshot, or deduplication systems.
• Familiarity with containerised environments (Docker / Kubernetes) and container-storage/backup interaction.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Familiarity with S3 or Blob interfaces.
• Published contributions or commit history in relevant open-source projects (storage, virtualization, containers, DevOps).
• Contribution history to relevant open-source areas.
• Working experience with Go.

Why join us?

At IDrive, you will work at the intersection of backup, storage, and virtualization with disruptive engineering assignments. You will collaborate with experienced engineers, ship features used at scale, and be part of a culture that values clarity, ownership, and correctness. As the platform expands, you will have the opportunity to assume architecture, mentorship, and technical leadership responsibilities.

We focus on creating an environment where innovation thrives, talent is recognized, and people are empowered to grow and develop their skills. We are committed to supporting our team both professionally and personally.

Here's what you can look forward to as part of our team:

Startup spirit

• A dynamic work culture where ideas are encouraged and innovation is celebrated
• Opportunity to take ownership of projects from concept to completion
• Hands-on exposure to new and emerging technologies
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment that rewards creativity and initiative
• Direct impact see your work shape real products used by millions
• Room to grow learn, experiment, and expand your skill set every day

Health & wellness

• Medical insurance with customizable coverage for you and your family
• Comprehensive life and accidental insurance for added peace of mind
• Free annual health check-up to keep your wellbeing on track

Culture & community

• Company events and team lunches to foster connection and collaboration
• Festival gifts and goodies to celebrate special occasions together

Perks that matter

• Competitive pay that reflects your experience and contributions
• Online storage space

Flexible work environment

• Hybrid work model with flexible hours to suit your lifestyle
• Paid time off and holidays to relax and recharge
• Parental leave for lifes important milestones