Member of Technical Staff-[ C++, Systems Programming]
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.
- 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
- 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
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