Senior Member of Technical Staff - Kernel Development

About the role

You will join Nutanix as a Member of Technical Staff – AHV and contribute to the development of an enterprise-grade hypervisor, working with cutting-edge open source technologies and kernel-level systems. Your work will directly impact the reliability, performance, and security of Nutanix’s Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) and help advance the company’s software-defined infrastructure platform.

About the team

You will be part of the AHV team, a distributed group across the US and APAC. AHV is an enterprise-grade hypervisor built for Nutanix’s software solution, delivering the reliability, performance, and scalability required by demanding enterprise and private-cloud workloads. The team emphasizes document-driven communication, minimal meetings, and transparent knowledge sharing. Office presence is hybrid: team members are expected on-site three days per week to foster collaboration and in-person interactions. Twice-weekly “Nutanix lunch days” provide additional opportunities to connect with colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of Nutanix’s Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV)
• Design and develop new AHV security features
• Maintain and fix issues in AHV security features
• Drive improvements in reliability, performance, and security of AHV
• Interact with open-source communities to advance AHV and related projects
• Lead the development of features from concept to market release

Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of OS internals, particularly UNIX/Linux
• Strong proficiency in C and Python
• Familiarity with x86 architecture, virtualization, storage, and network management
• Experience developing software for Unix/Linux/BSD operating systems at the kernel level
• Skilled in C/C++, multi-threading, algorithms, and data structures on Linux
• Strong debugging skills in Linux kernel mode
• Device driver development experience in Unix/Linux/BSD environments
• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field (preferred)

Pay

The base pay range for this position is expected to be between USD $160,000 and USD $320,000 per year. Base pay may vary based on individualized factors such as market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus (if applicable)
• Restricted stock units
• Discretionary awards
• Medical and financial benefits
• 401(k) eligibility
• Paid time off (vacation, sick time, parental leave)

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.