Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

 

The Opportunity

Nutanix engineers are crafting a revolutionary technology, building the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS. We're using our love of programming and diverse backgrounds to deliver the simplicity and agility of popular public cloud services, but with the security and control that you need in a private cloud. At Nutanix, you'll find no shortage of challenging problems to work on. We work closely with our product in a collegiate, collaborative environment that encourages the open exploration of ideas. 

 

 

Engineering / R&D at Nutanix

Nutanix software is deployed on hundreds of thousands of clusters across the world. The Nutanix clusters run several critical applications for customers. Our team is responsible for providing disaster recovery (DR) capability for the applications running on the clusters. This includes advanced, high performance data replication capabilities to meet the RPO (recovery point objective) and RTO (recovery time objective) requirements of the applications. The use cases cover on-premises (private cloud), hybrid cloud and multi-cloud scenarios.   

 

Your Role

Design and develop software for a converged computing + storage platform for the software defined data center.Develop a deep understanding of complex distributed systems, and design innovative solutions for customer requirements.Improve performance, scale-out and resiliency of distributed storage systems.Work closely with other development teams, testers, documentation writers and product management to deliver high-quality products in a fast-paced environment.Engage with customers and support when needed to solve production issues.

 

What You Will Bring

Love of programming and rock-solid in one or more languages: C, C++, Java, Python, ideally for enterprise-quality softwareDeep understanding of UNIX/Linux internals.Development experience in file systems, operating systems, database back-ends, distributed systems management, Cloud technologies is plus.Experience with MapReduce, Cassandra, Zookeeper and other large-scale distributed systems preferred.Familiarity with OS internals, concepts of distributed data management, and design/implementation trade-offs in building clustered, high- performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems software.Experience working with virtualization technologies like VMware, Hyper-V, Xen. VMware preferredFamiliarity with x86 architecture, virtualization and/or storage managementBachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required. Advanced degree in related field preferredVery strong analytical and problem-solving skillsCan-do attitude while solving difficult problems spanning across multiple teamsComfortable working in a fast-moving agile environment2-6 years experienceWork ArrangementHybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. For most roles, that will mean coming into an office a minimum of 2 - 3 days per week, however certain roles and/or teams may require more frequent in-office presence. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.

 

 

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