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Western Digital Corporation is the world’s largest data storage company with a leading portfolio of HGST, SanDisk, G-Technology and WD brands covering flash and disk-based solutions. Deployed by the largest and most prominent organizations worldwide, Western Digital solutions are everywhere, touching lives and enabling great value from the data they possess.

Position Background

As part of the multi-site team, you will get to collaborate and design solutions for the challenging yet unique problems in HDD firmware development. This position is based in in Western Digital Tech and Regional Center (M), which is a Center of Excellence located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Our team is focused on quality and validation of next generation firmware architecture and algorithms to deliver high performance and cost-efficient enterprise HDD products. Employee will be working in a development environment with opportunity to learn and grow in multiple disciplines.

The position is currently only open to Malaysian as there is limitation of expatriate hiring in the guideline.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Full Stack Software Engineer

• Be part of the development team that validate and deliver quality firmware for Enterprise data storage products.
• Build next-generation web application with a focus on usability
• Design and develop overall architecture (client-side and server-side).
• Design and develop APIs that comply with Open-API 3.1 specification.
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Structure prototyping workgroup to prove out proposed new architectures, develop best practices and document solutions for prioritization with the engineering.
• Support the technical relationships with HDD FW engineering community, including solution briefings, proof-of-concept work and prioritize solutions that has the biggest impact on the engineering community.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams, independently in issue resolutions, determining & analyze process issues.
• Follows organization processes and guidelines for firmware quality and strives to meet company goals and objectives.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience in the following: .NET, C#, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, PostgreSQL
• Experience with legacy and modern application development, service delivery and deployment, converged infrastructure, virtualization systems, containers and associated technologies.
• Minimum 4 years of working experience in relevant field or software/firmware test experience
• Capable of quickly learning hardware, systems, tools, and methodologies.
• Must have a high degree of problem solving skills and solutions oriented.
• Ability to effectively manage projects and tasks to deliver deadlines and commitments. 
• Self-motivated to work both supervised and unsupervised as part of the quality team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communication in both written and verbal.
• Able to work under pressure for quick resolution and delivery.

DESIRED SKILLS and/or EXPERIENCE

• Experience with developing scalable architectures using API management, microservice frameworks, container orchestration systems, or other similar platforms.
• Ability to address application security patterns including web application security.

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Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

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