Engineering Manager- CMS- (Distributed System, API, Golang/Python)
The Opportunity
Nutanix is disrupting the multi-billion dollar cloud infrastructure market by pioneering the first hybrid cloud platform that can incrementally scale out to manage petabytes of data while running tens of thousands of virtual machines.
You will work in the Nutanix Content Management team that is building a new hybrid cloud infrastructure management plane for management of core infrastructure building blocks like virtual machine templates, virtual disks and virtual appliances. We are looking for engineers with a rare and unique blend of technical and operational skills. You will work with a team of passionate engineers to drive the development and evolution of our hybrid cloud infrastructure management plane. You will play a key role in shaping the future of our product, ensuring product simplicity and delight for Nutanix customers.
Engineering / R&D at Nutanix
Nutanix Content Management Service (CMS) simplifies and unifies the management of business-critical hybrid cloud infrastructure components by extending the management plane across network and geographic boundaries. We are developing a new backend service and architecture focused towards realizing our product vision of effectively scaling to hybrid cloud infrastructure demands. For administrators, CMS speeds time to value and reduces operational risk by introducing a no overhead, easy single pane of glass management model. For business owners, CMS increases cost efficiency and speed towards delivery of a resilient hybrid cloud infrastructure. CMS aspires to exemplify true hybrid cloud model through its product offering and integrate seamlessly with popular hyperscaler cloud platform offerings. CMS is expected to operate in large customer environments spanning hundreds of geographically distributed cluster environments with thousands of hybrid cloud infrastructure management entities. The CMS team’s primary technology stack is authored in Python and Golang. The team is responsible for core Nutanix services responsible for managing hybrid cloud entities.
Your Role
Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 6–8 engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous professional development.
Technical Direction & Architecture: Own the technical vision and system architecture for CMS and related product areas, driving scalable, performant, resilient, and reliable solutions.
Execution & Lifecycle Delivery: Oversee the complete product development lifecycle—from concept, system design, and project planning through implementation, performance engineering, testing, and release.
Product & Stakeholder Partnership: Partner closely with Product Management, Program Management, and other stakeholders to define aggressive yet achievable milestones, align engineering execution with market trends, and address Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
Engineering & Operational Excellence: Establish and enforce best practices in coding standards, automated testing, continuous integration, observability, and infrastructure monitoring to maximize developer productivity and deliver high-quality products. Utilize AI coding tools and models to maintain high quality and velocity. Participate directly in technical deliverables through system design reviews, code reviews, and technical interviewing to maintain high standards for scale, security, and user experience.
What You Will Bring
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (required)
12-14 years of software engineering experience.
Proven experience with 2+ years of managing small-mid sized engineering teams.
Proven ability to guide teams working in Go, python or similar systems programming languages.
Solid hands-on experience with cloud native platforms, distributed systems, containerization, and building enterprise grade APIs is required.
Experience working in areas of enterprise product development or hyperscalers, including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, VMware vSphere, etc.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly and effectively.
Ability to lead through influence, communicate complex technical concepts clearly, and drive alignment across engineering and other stakeholders.
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