Member of Technical Staff 3- Core Data Path

Nutanix•San Jose, CA

3d•$128,000 - $255,600•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is a Software Development role for the Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric (NDSF) - a high-performance shared-nothing distributed file system. This storage stack is the foundational piece that enables hyper-convergence and hybrid cloud solutions. This software defined storage helps our customers power their infrastructure for all kinds of applications on all kinds of platforms. The candidate engineer will take responsibility for end to end ownership along with working in a team with a deep understanding of systems internals and distributed file systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s (5-6 years experience) or Master’s degree (3-4 years experience) in Computer Science or a related Engineering field is required.
Strong familiarity with operating systems internals, distributed systems, database internals and strong practices for design/implementation.
Strong technical and interpersonal communication (written and spoken).

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with computer networks, parallel systems, algorithms, storage systems, compiler systems will be a bonus but not required.
Past experience with highly available distributed systems or key values stores or databases will be a plus but not required. E.g. RocksDB, Cassandra, Zookeeper, Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, Google filesystem, etc.
Languages: C++, C, Java, Golang, Rust, Erlang, Python.
Tools: GDB, Valgrind, Perf, FIO, Flamegraphs.

Responsibilities

Design and develop reliable, efficient, high-performance and maintainable-extensible data-path software (including any sub components under this umbrella - like metadata store) for large-scale enterprise on-premise and hybrid cloud.
Build strong understanding of existing complex distributed systems and design innovative solutions for customer requirements for the NDSF.
Work on developing new features and improving existing systems to provide new-improved functionality, performance and reliability for our customers.
Work alongside development, test, documentation, and product management teams to deliver high-quality products in a fast-paced environment.
Engage with customers and support when needed to solve production issues.