Storage Product Architect

Penguin Solutions

2d•$116,000 - $144,000•Onsite

About The Position

At Penguin Solutions (Nasdaq: PENG) – The AI Factory Platform Company – we’re building a team of innovators who thrive on collaboration, creativity, and the opportunity to help shape the future of AI. As part of the AI technology revolution, our teams design, build, deploy, and manage AI factories for enterprises, sovereign AI initiatives, and neocloud providers worldwide. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Penguin Solutions operates globally through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations. For nearly three decades, we have operated at the intersection of memory and AI/HPC infrastructure. That engineering expertise positions us to power the next generation of AI workloads, from training to inference and agentic AI at scale. Penguin Solutions brings together differentiated infrastructure software, advanced memory, compute systems, end-to-end services, and industry-leading partner solutions in a full-stack AI factory platform designed to help customers deploy and scale AI workloads with speed and precision. At Penguin Solutions, we value ideas over hierarchy and believe in servant leadership, where leaders enable teams to do their best work. We empower employees to take ownership, drive innovation, and grow through challenging work, continuous learning, and exposure to advanced AI tools and technologies. With flexibility where it matters and a strong focus on outcomes, Penguin Solutions is a place to do your best work, grow your career, and make a meaningful impact. Job Overview We are seeking a Storage Product Architect to define and drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution of our storage portfolio within the AI Factory Platform. Storage is foundational to AI factories, powering data ingestion, model training, and inference at scale. This role will shape how customers manage high-performance, data-intensive workloads across distributed AI environments. You will work at the intersection of AI, data infrastructure, and high-performance storage systems, partnering with engineering, customers, and go-to-market teams to deliver differentiated, scalable solutions.

Requirements

BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. MBA preferred.
5+ years of product management experience in storage, data infrastructure, or enterprise systems
Strong understanding of distributed storage architectures and performance optimization
Experience with AI/ML, HPC, or large-scale data platforms
Ability to translate complex technical requirements into clear product strategy and customer value
Proven track record of delivering enterprise-grade infrastructure products
Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with parallel file systems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS), object storage, or NVMe-based architectures
Familiarity with GPU-accelerated environments and AI training pipelines
Exposure to hyperscalers or large enterprise infrastructure deployments

Responsibilities

Co-Own the product strategy and roadmap for Penguin’s storage solutions aligned to the AI Factory Platform
Define capabilities to support high-throughput, low-latency AI and HPC workloads
Translate customer needs into scalable product requirements across: Parallel file systems and distributed storage, Data pipelines, ingestion, and movement, Tiered storage and data lifecycle management, Performance optimization for GPU-based workloads
Partner with engineering to deliver high-performance, scalable storage solutions
Collaborate with sales and marketing on positioning, packaging, and customer adoption
Engage with customers and partners to validate requirements and accelerate market traction
Monitor trends in AI data infrastructure, storage technologies, and emerging architectures