Member of Technical Staff

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 Nutanixs 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 members 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 + Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field required. Advanced degree or PhD in Computer Science preferred

--