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About Nutanix

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

The Opportunity

Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and Hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making infrastructure invisible so that IT can focus on the applications and services that power their business. Companies around the world use Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS software to bring one-click application management and mobility across public, private and distributed edge clouds so they can run any application at any scale with a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. The result is organizations that can rapidly deliver a high-performance IT environment on demand, giving application owners a true cloud-like experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems for the Acropolis management control plane of the Nutanix operating system.

• Develop and deliver end-to-end features that support scalability to millions of VMs across thousands of datacenter nodes.

• Drive architecture and implementation decisions with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and operational excellence.

• Lead technical design discussions and evaluate trade-offs in distributed systems, clustering, and large-scale service architectures.

• Collaborate with geo-distributed teams to deliver projects with high quality, predictability, and ownership.

• Mentor and guide a team of 3–4 engineers through technical leadership, code reviews, and best engineering practices.

• Take ownership of feature execution from design through deployment while maintaining a high-quality bar.

Required Skills

• Strong expertise in designing and developing scalable distributed systems.

• Deep understanding of clustered, high-performance, fault-tolerant systems and associated design trade-offs.

• Strong knowledge of OS internals and systems-level architecture.

• Proven experience building and shipping production-grade backend services at scale.

• Ability to independently drive projects with strong ownership and execution skills.

• Excellent collaboration skills for working with globally distributed engineering teams.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to initiate, execute, and deliver complex features end-to-end.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.

• A master's degree in computer science or a related discipline is preferred.

• 10+ years of industry experience in systems or platform engineering.

• Hands-on experience developing large-scale distributed platforms and infrastructure software.

Preferred Programming Languages

• Python

• Go (Golang)

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].