Member of Technical Staff 1 - Core Data Path

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.

About the Team

As part of the Core Storage and Disaster Recovery Data Path team, you will engineer the foundational data engine that powers hundreds of thousands of Nutanix clusters globally. Our team owns the high-performance, low-latency storage path responsible for block-level data and metadata management, ensuring absolute resilience for our customers’ most mission-critical applications. Beyond local storage architecture, we design the robust, distributed replication engines that drive seamless disaster recovery across private, hybrid, and multi-cloud availability zones. If you want to solve complex, planetary-scale storage challenges where every millisecond and byte matters, this is where you belong.

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 software

• Deep 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 preferred

• Familiarity with x86 architecture, virtualization and/or storage management

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required. Advanced degree in related field preferred

• Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Can-do attitude while solving difficult problems spanning across multiple teams

• Comfortable working in a fast-moving agile environment

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role at this time.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in-office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between USD $90,000 and USD $180,000 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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