The Opportunity

Nutanix, a leader in enterprise hybrid cloud, is looking to hire a Software Development Engineer (Virtualization) for Nutanix Hybrid cloud Infrastructure. If you are looking for an opportunity to solve deep technical problems and build innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment working with extremely smart, passionate software developers, this is the role for you. You will work on hard problems at scale and will have the autonomy to deliver.

Nutanix AHV team
Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) is an enterprise-grade hypervisor tailor-made for Nutanix’s software solution and has reliability, performance, and scalability characteristics proven to be capable of meeting the demands of the toughest enterprise and private cloud workloads.

AHV Control Plane is an integral part of the AHV ecosystem which is robust, highly scalable and resilient to failures. The team is responsible for Virtual Machine Lifecycle Management which involves designing and implementing consistent and highly scalable distributed services. The particular team is largely responsible for scaling and managing compute resources whether it’s about Initial workload placement, Dynamic load balancing, Providing High Availability guarantees or VM mobility within and across clusters.

Your role

• Design and develop cloud-based services for providing distributed, scalable, secure and easy to use infrastructure.
• Develop expertise in multiple areas of the VM and Hypervisor control plane, with primary focus on the VM Scheduler service and including Virtual Machine Lifecycle management APIs, scalable and performant distributed service backend and service provider integration. 
• Contribute to defining the long-term vision and actively influence the product direction to align for customer success.
• Define and maintain a very high product quality bar by owning the content from inception to delivery.

What will you bring

• Experience with application and services development in a cloud environment, distributed systems design, API backend frameworks, API design.
• Solid understanding of operating systems and hypervisor concepts.
• Love of programming - Golang, Python, and/or C++ for enterprise quality software development.
• Solid understanding of debugging techniques in a distributed/clustered environment.
• Interest or experience working with virtualization technologies from VMware, Microsoft (Hyper-V), or Redhat (KVM) preferred
• Degree: Bachelors, Masters in Computer Science or related field.
• 5-8+ years of overall experience in building and shipping production-grade services.
• Location - San Jose (Hybrid 2-3 days in the office)  

Meet the hiring manager

Hello, this is Prema! I joined Nutanix 7+ years ago and worked in the AHV Scheduler team during this time. I have been leading and managing this team for the last 2+ years. Before that I was a tech lead in the same team. Over the last couple of years, I got the opportunity to drive the vision for our Scheduler component which is crucial in building the next generation Control Plane for AHV Virtual Machine management and getting our multi-cluster management story right for both on-premises and hybrid cloud. My team is now actively engaged in making the backend services horizontally scalable for this vision and building on new features; of which our San Jose team plays a significant role.

I’d like to build upon our success in hiring skilled engineers in our San Jose office who can aid in our vision, bring new ideas, and help build a high-quality product.

What the Team Says

“Our team is a highly collaborative, skilled, and friendly group of engineers who foster a culture of learning and knowledge sharing. This creates an environment where any problem can be solved efficiently and effectively. Our new project requires close collaboration with other teams across the organization, providing a valuable opportunity for professional development and growth.”

How we work

We work in a hybrid style and all of our team members enjoy coming to the office 2-3 days a week. We are trying to minimize the number of meetings and nurture the culture of writing and sharing documents, which helped us achieve a more flexible schedule and transparent knowledge sharing. We also have twice a week Nutanix lunch days that are a great opportunity to connect in person with the team and other colleagues.

About us

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is a passionate team of 6000+ employees worldwide. Our people (we call ourselves “Nutants”) are the heartbeat of #LifeAtNutanix and one of the many things that makes Nutanix a great place to work at. We share an intellectual curiosity, a bias for action, and an obsession for our customers. We are builders and problem solvers with an entrepreneurial spirit. Above all, we celebrate what makes each of us unique. 

We are humbled to be recognized as one of Bloomberg’s Top 50 Companies to Watch in 2020 and one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2020. 

We’re growing fast and disrupting the computing industry. Join us and make your mark.

About our business

Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and a pioneer in hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making computing invisible anywhere. Companies around the world use Nutanix software to leverage a single platform to manage any app, at any location, at any scale for their private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

We’re an equal opportunity employer

Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled.

We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation or harassment.

As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by contacting [email protected].

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $108,000 and $216,000/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.

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