Staff Software Engineer

Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.

We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design , and our culture.

Want to join the leader in AI-powered data security?

Cohesity is looking for a Senior Software Engineer for Gaia, a cutting-edge Generative AI application that allows users to search and summarize enterprise backup data through natural language queries. Gaia leverages a powerful blend of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and large language models (LLMs) to uncover insights from both cloud and on-premises data, transforming previously hard-to-access information into actionable intelligence for faster, smarter decision-making.

HOW YOU'LL SPEND YOUR TIME HERE:

• Experience with large-scale, highly available distributed systems
• Experience working on large-scale engineering challenges
• Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and parallel processing
• Expert-level programming and debugging skills in Python / Golang
• Strong understanding of system performance and scaling
• Proven skills in solving complex problems
• Debugging, diagnosing, and troubleshooting complex, production-grade software
• Identifying performance bottlenecks and applying performance optimization
  
  

WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE MANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Strong coding experience in Python / Golang
• Comfortable in using tools - JIRA, GitHub, Testrail
• BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering
• 6+ years of developing and solving problems for large-scale distributed systems on Linux and Windows Platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support decision making.
  
  

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