Principal Software Engineer - Storage

Radiant · United Kingdom

Posted Nov 10, 2026 · full time

Est. total comp~$153K–$242K

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WHAT YOU'LL DO

As a Principal Software Engineer - Storage, you will help set the technical direction for Radiant's cloud storage offering and lead the design and delivery of the storage services and data capabilities required to run demanding cloud and AI workloads at scale.

You'll work across object, block, and file storage, data lifecycle, performance, resilience, APIs, and platform integrations. You'll partner closely with product, infrastructure, SRE, networking, and security teams, and with customers running the most demanding storage workloads.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building storage services that are high-performance, reliable, scalable, and easy to consume, through architecture, code, and the standards other teams build on.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Set the technical vision and architecture for Radiant's storage services, and lead their design and implementation.

- Design and build storage systems across object, block, and file, including the control plane, the data plane, and integration with existing Radiant services.

- Translate product and customer requirements into robust architectures, APIs, and technical designs, working closely with the Storage Product Manager.

- Own the performance, durability, availability, and consistency characteristics of the storage platform, and define the service levels it can credibly meet. …

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Customer-facing work
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