Western Digital

Data Storage

SoftwareEngineer(Apps&Firmware)

$107–142k San Jose, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Software Engineer (Apps & Firmware) at Western Digital. Skills: Software development, ETL systems, Web applications, Analytics, ML Models, Data pipelines, Embedded systems, System-level validation. Design and build custom internal software tools that transform raw HDD development and production data into actionable insights. Architect and develop ETL systems, web-based applications, advanced analytics and ML Models and it's pipelines”

What You'll Achieve.

Accelerate product innovation and time-to-market; Empower product engineers to make data-driven decisions; Democratize access to your tools, multiplying your impact across the engineering organization

Industry & Context.

Data Storage
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex engineering challenges

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

foundation in software engineering principles, hands-on experience in C/C++, Python and web based development, Comfort working with Comfortable working in Windows and Linux environments and both relational and non-relational databases, Completed coursework or hands-on projects involving GenAI, LLMs, or machine learning

What You'll Do.

Design and build custom internal software tools that transform raw HDD development and production data into actionable insights

Architect and develop ETL systems

web-based applications

advanced analytics and ML Models and it's pipelines

Work closely with hard disk drives and test environments

including preparing devices for validation and analysis workflows

Develop software that communicates directly with firmware and low-level system interfaces

Gain exposure to how complex eHDD systems behave under software control

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Participate actively in architecture discussions; Participate in code reviews; Participate in collaborative problem-solving sessions; Thrive in a highly collaborative team environment

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