Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.
The Opportunity
As a Software Engineer in CDP team at Nutanix, you will play a crucial role in designing and developing reliable, efficient, and high-performance data-path software for large-scale enterprise and hybrid cloud environments. Your work will involve understanding complex distributed systems and solving customer requirements by designing innovative solutions. You will also focus on performance, scaling out, and resiliency of distributed storage systems. Working closely with various teams, you will contribute to delivering high-quality products in a fast-paced environment. The role also offers the opportunity to engage with customers and support them in resolving production issues. This position supports Nutanix’s mission by maintaining the quality of the Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric (NDSF), which is essential for enabling hyper-convergence and hybrid cloud solutions. What makes this role particularly interesting and unique is the chance to design and develop software for next-generation distributed databases on HCI platform and contribute to the transition to hybrid cloud. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to address technical debt and drive aggressive performance goals for the platform, while ensuring prompt resolution of customer issues by collaborating with support and SRE teams.
Engineering / R&D at Nutanix
The CDP team was the first team created at Nutanix. The team is responsible for the Nutanix Distributed Storage Fabric (NDSF) - a high-performance shared-nothing distributed file system. The Ntnx db team is the metadata engine of the distributed file system, responsible for handling all the metadata. It is also the metadata store for all other components in the NDSF stack. The work for the Ntnx db team is challenging because designing and developing an enterprise-grade distributed, highly scalable, highly available metadata store while delivering high performance with strict consistency is not simple. We always have to reinvent ourselves and be on track with latest research in the field.
The team’s primary technology stack include
- C++
- Operating systems
- Databases
- Distributed systems
Your Role
- Design and develop reliable, efficient, high-performance data-path software for large-scale enterprise and hybrid cloud.
- Develop an understanding of complex distributed systems and design innovative solutions based on customer requirements.
- Work on performance, scaling out, and resiliency of distributed storage systems.
- 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.
- Generate code to enhance product features and increase functionality
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure, database systems, distributed storage, etc.
What You Will Bring
- Completion of a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related Engineering field is required.
- Familiarity with OS internals, distributed systems and good practices for design/implementation.
- Hungry and humble attitude with a keen sense of working as part of a dynamic team.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Passion for cutting-edge innovation and technology.
About the Team
Meet the Hiring Manager -
I’m Sandeep Madanala, and I joined Nutanix in 2015 as one of the core data path engineers. I have been fortunate enough to lead the development of key features in the metadata layer of our distributed storage fabric. Additionally, I have had the privilege of leading the development of ChakrDB, a new-age, cloud-native, highly scalable distributed database that is widely used within Nutanix and is currently our primary focus. With about 12 years of experience in designing and developing systems, I am an engineering-focused problem solver who enjoys working and learning with fellow engineers. On a personal note, I am a husband and father of two, a boy and a girl. As a hiring manager, I am looking for someone who is passionate about technology and learning new things, possesses a positive attitude, and approaches challenges with confidence. I value great collaboration, teamwork, and a deep appreciation for design and simplicity. If you share these values, I look forward to meeting you!
About theTeam
- CDP team is a team where you find smart and humble engineers who work on some of the most interesting storage problems. Since every component in Nutanix stack depends on metadata store, Ntnx db team gets the opportunity to collaborates with all other cdp and non-cdp teams within Nutanix.
- "Nutanix is a great place to collaborate with intellectual peers. We strive to challenge our curiosity by constantly learning."
How We Work
As a global team, we work in various regions worldwide and function asynchronously as much as possible. Every engineer is given full autonomy and responsibility to work on features while collaborating with other stakeholders. As we work on some of the industry-leading solutions, we are focused on learning and leading the way when it comes to infrastructure solutions for hybrid cloud. We mostly focus on getting our customers the most ROI and strive to be the best HCI solution out there in the world, be it from a performance or savings perspective.
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between USD $100,000 and USD $200,400 per year.
However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Our application deadline is 40 days from the date of posting. In good faith, the posting may be removed prior to this date if the position is filled or extended in good faith.
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