Staff Engineer [11+ YoE in Distributed System Dev]

The Opportunity

Are you a passionate backend developer with 10+ years of experience looking to make an impact? If so, join our NKP Team at Nutanix and collaborate with a global team on cutting-edge projects at the intersection of Kubernetes, application mobility, and security. This role offers the opportunity to grow your technical skills and contribute to innovative solutions in a dynamic and supportive environment.

About the Team

NKP is a complete, enterprise-grade, production-ready platform based on Kubernetes that serves modern applications. By taking the best of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) ecosystem, but providing it in an integrated and lifecycle-managed package, NKP delivers all the functionality necessary in production with a dramatically lowered TCO. NKP provides simplified Kubernetes operations, seamless application mobility, and integrated security and compliance. Platform engineers and IT admins can use NKP to keep all cloud native resources up-to-date with upgrades, patching, maintenance, and security. The technology and community in this industry are growing fast, new applications and solutions are coming to the market every day, new standards are becoming mature at full speed. Our NKP team also hunger for talent at the same time to stay competitive.

You will report to the Director of Engineering, who adopts a collaborative leadership style that encourages team involvement in decision-making and values open discussions. The manager emphasizes the importance of strong communication and problem-solving skills, aiming to build a supportive environment for both personal and professional development. The work setup is hybrid, with the expectation for employees to visit the office twice a week, although some may choose to come in three times a week based on their preferences and team needs.

This role does not require any travel, allowing the new hire to focus on their responsibilities within the local team while also collaborating effectively with their US counterparts through virtual meetings and communication tools.

Your Role

• Design and develop cloud native storage technologies for disaster recovery and backup solutions.
• Develop a good understanding of Cloud Native Storage technologies, including Disaster Recovery and Backup.
• Develop software features and unit tests for storage and data protection solutions for containerized applications.
• Setup and deploy complex stateful application and data management solutions in a containerized environment.
• Work with the Nutanix Global (mainly India and USA) engineering and multi-functional teams

What You Will Bring

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 10-16 years of experience with distributed systems and client-server architectures.
• Knowledge of building micro-service-based applications.
• Hands-on development in Golang Programming
• Strong development experience on Linux/Unix OS platform
• Hands-on experience working with version control / DevOps tools - Git, Gerrit, or Jenkins
• Good to have
• Working knowledge of Data Protection technologies like Disaster Recovery and Backup.
• Experience developing software for containerized platforms like Kubernetes.
• Experience with working with applications within hyperscalers including AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Good understanding of Kubernetes Custom Resource and controller development.

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