Staff Engineer
Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.
The Opportunity
We are looking for passionate developers to work on scalable distributed file systems. 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. You will be contributing to the design and development of scalable distributed systems for Nutanix Files.
About the Team
As a potential job applicant at Nutanix working on the Nutanix Files team, you will be part of a diverse and geographically dispersed team with members located in the US, India, and Serbia. Our team prides itself on an open and flat organizational structure that prioritizes psychological safety, collaboration, and a results-driven approach. You can expect to work in an environment that values continuous learning, initiative, and ownership, all while ensuring strong support and unity among team members.
You will report to Amit Agrawal, Director of Engineering, who joined Nutanix in 2019 with extensive experience in the storage and networking domain from reputed companies like Dell EMC and Cisco. Amit is dedicated to fostering a culture of growth, where every team member is appreciated and empowered. You will be required to go into the office 2–3 days a week as part of the work setup.
Your Role
- Work on next-generation Enterprise File Storage software enabling customers to reduce data fragmentation and storage sprawl by consolidating silos onto a single platform that easily scales to meet storage needs.
- Design and develop a scalable, distributed system for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Provide technical leadership for end-to-end high quality and performant software development and delivery. - Work with product managers, architects, and other technical leads to understand requirements and develop innovative solutions.
- Design and develop software for a converged compute + storage platform for secondary and tertiary data.
- Develop a keen understanding of complex distributed systems, and design creative solutions for customer requirements.
- Engage with customers, partners, and support to provide world-class software and support experience to end customers.
- As Technical lead , Mentor and Review Work products of Team members.
- End to end Ownership of Features - Design, Development and Unit tests along with Schedule and Quality.
- As a Feat Lead , you will drive other virtual team members to deliver on the committed roadmap.
What You Will Bring
- Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science or related fields with 6+yrs years of relevant industry experience.
- Love of programming, ability, and passion to solve complex problems.
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment
- Experience building scalable fault-tolerant distributed or cloud-native systems
- Mastery in Files domain. Deep Understanding of File protocols like NFS, SMB,ZFS
- Have a bias for action and be able to rapidly implement and iterate solutions to complex technical problems spanning across multiple teams and technologies.
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment
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Nutanix is 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].