Senior Backend Engineer - Tech Lead

Senior Backend Engineer - Tech Lead

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, empowers customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications. Zerto's revolutionary industry-leading product is trusted by over 9,500 customers globally and is powering offerings for Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and more than 350 managed service providers. We are continuously innovating, extending our core technology to support evolving customer needs, in areas such as ransomware recovery and Kubernetes protection, as well as being a leading part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's strategic GreenLake initiative, building the world's best edge to cloud as-a-service platform.

We're looking for a strong hands-on senior Backend Engineer (Tech lead) with a passion for technical excellence and leadership. The Tech Lead serves as the technical owner of one or more domains within the product — driving architecture, design, and code quality while mentoring developers and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. In this role, you'll lead by influence, not hierarchy — partnering closely with Product Leads and Domain Architects to ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions. You'll balance hands-on technical work with guiding others, setting engineering standards, and shaping the technical roadmap. The team is comprised of 3-5 seasoned and expert engineers, with a focus on code quality and data-driven decision-making. The team owns the most critical component of the product and holds our core intellectual property (IP).

What You'll Be Doing:

· Own the technical quality, design, and roadmap for your domain(s).

· Drive engineering best practices through design reviews, code reviews, and technical mentoring.

· Collaborate with Product Leads on prioritization, backlog, and feasibility decisions.

· Contribute to architectural discussions and cross-domain alignment.

· As the technical authority in your team you'll be partnering with managers to shape hiring decisions, provide feedback /input for performance reviews, and contribute to other team-related decisions.

· Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and technical excellence.

· Tackle technical challenges - performance, fault-tolerance, and live production issues.

Must Have the Following:

• Experienced and innovative problem-solver.
• Proven experience leading big features & designs from rough ideas to requirements up to development & production.
• At least 5 years of C/C++ experience in a multi-threaded performance-critical programming.
• At least 2 years of kernel space programming.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, especially in cross-functional environments.

It will be great if you also have prior experience with:

• Experience working with public cloud (AWS, Azure) services and APIs
• Kubernetes
• Virtualization
• Storage
• Networking
• Scrum/Agile
• Advanced project management skills including time and risk management as well as resource prioritization.
• Development teams leadership experience.

What's in it for you?

· An environment that demands very high technical standards.

· Enjoy full technical independence while leading features from conception to implementation.

· Impact the roadmap of the core component in the product.

· Promote a workplace culture that prioritizes personal development and servant leadership.

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

HPE is an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, or any other protected category, and all decisions we make are made on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Our goal is to be one global team that is representative of our customers, in an inclusive environment where we can continue to innovate and grow together.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.

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