- Job Type: Full-Time
- Function: Technical/Customer Support
- Industry: Software
- Post Date: 10/25/2024
- Website: nutanix.com
- Company Address: 1740 Technology Dr. Suite 150, San Jose, CA, 95110
About Nutanix
Nutanix makes infrastructure invisible, elevating IT to focus on the applications and services that power their business. The Nutanix enterprise cloud platform leverages web-scale engineering and consumer-grade design to natively converge compute, virtualization and storage into a resilient, software-defined solution with rich machine intelligence.Job Description
Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.
The Opportunity
Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud, is looking to hire a SDE/ MTS for IDF team. Nutanix welcomes builders, those who are unafraid to take on hard challenges and learn new technologies.
IDF is a proprietary distributed NoSQL database developed in-house using C++. It is engineered for maximum efficiency, offering lightweight, low-latency, and high-throughput performance. The database features fault tolerance, notifications, cross-cluster replication, r-indexes, configuration management, time-series support, and SQL-like querying capabilities. As part of the IDF team, you will contribute to developing features for Nutanix's back-end services, internal metadata store, and control plane services. Your role will involve optimizing query and storage layer performance, as well as in-memory data workflows, with a particular focus on CPU and memory analysis. You will work closely with QA teams to review and create test plans, and lead efforts in automation and benchmarking for various features. Additionally, you will regularly interact with client teams to understand their workflows, data modeling needs, and feature requests, and will manage critical on-call responsibilities.
IDF is a proprietary distributed NoSQL database developed in-house using C++. It is engineered for maximum efficiency, offering lightweight, low-latency, and high-throughput performance. The database features fault tolerance, notifications, cross-cluster replication, r-indexes, configuration management, time-series support, and SQL-like querying capabilities. As part of the IDF team, you will contribute to developing features for Nutanix's back-end services, internal metadata store, and control plane services. Your role will involve optimizing query and storage layer performance, as well as in-memory data workflows, with a particular focus on CPU and memory analysis. You will work closely with QA teams to review and create test plans, and lead efforts in automation and benchmarking for various features. Additionally, you will regularly interact with client teams to understand their workflows, data modeling needs, and feature requests, and will manage critical on-call responsibilities.
About the Team
At Nutanix, you will have the opportunity to be part of the Insights Data Fabric (IDF) team, consisting of 40 high-performing individuals spread across locations in the US and India. The team culture at IDF is one of collaboration, innovation, and excellence, where every team member's contribution is valued and acknowledged. Working within this dynamic team, you will have the chance to learn from some of the best minds in the industry and work on cutting-edge projects that push the boundaries of technology.
You will report to the Senior Technical Manager and work in an on-site setup, where you will be required to be present in the office four days a week. This arrangement fosters a sense of camaraderie and allows for more seamless collaboration among team members, leading to increased productivity and creativity. Additionally, being in the office most of the week offers the chance to engage face-to-face with colleagues, enabling better communication and relationship building within the team.
Your Role
- Contribute to the overall architecture, design and implementation of next generation distributed database layer
- Design a scalable config and time series database on top of distributed NoSQL database solutions
- Architect, design and implement query and data model for our database
- Develop a deep understanding of complex distributed systems, and design innovative solutions for customer requirements.
- Work on performance, scaling out and resiliency of distributed storage systems.
- Work closely with 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
What You Will Bring
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems preferred.
- Love of programming and rock-solid in one or more languages: C, C++, Java, Python ideally for enterprise-quality software.
- Development experience in database back-ends, distributed systems management, Cloud technologies.
- Familiarity with OS internals, concepts of distributed data management, and design/implementation tradeoffs in building clustered, high- performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems software.
- Extensive knowledge of UNIX/Linux.
- Strong communication skills and a strong team player
- Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in the above areas + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required. Advanced degree or PhD in Computer Science preferred
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 CandidateAccommodationRequests@nutanix.com.