Staff Software Engineer

About the role

The Opportunity Join our team at Nutanix as a Staff Engineer in our San Jose office, where you will play a crucial role in providing a solid Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM) product to our customers. Your mission will be to design and build an observability platform that allows our customers to proactively monitor and manage their infrastructure and applications.

Responsibilities

• Drive technical direction and architecture for the NCM Data Platform working with other senior engineers.
• Design and develop the next generation of Data Platform features for on-prem and cloud.
• Drive data modeling discussions working with senior engineers to ensure the best solution for requirements from various service teams.
• Collaborate with Product Management, QA and documentation teams across multiple geographies to deliver high-quality products and services.
• Work across all components of a big data platform such as API gateway, message bus, databases and database abstraction layers.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive best practices for design/code reviews.
• Propose and drive adoption of best practices for operationalizing data platforms, including data catalog, tracing capabilities, configuration-driven change, etc.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience with a Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science or related streams.
• Experience architecting and building highly available and scalable data platforms.
• Experience with one or more of the following languages (Python, Golang, C++, Java).
• Experience working with Database technologies and optimizing workloads.
• Experience working with Big Data technologies viz. Message queues/API gateways, Kubernetes ecosystem, and microservice patterns.
• Experience with open standards for data transport and storage such as OTEL, Apache Parquet and Apache Iceberg.
• Having an owner's mindset and prior experience of leading teams in a fast-paced and demanding environment with good knowledge of SDLC practices.
• Awareness of Data Marts, Data Lakes, and Data Warehouses is a plus.
• Experience shipping data platforms as part of an Enterprise software is a plus.

Qualifications

• Hybrid Work Arrangement: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration.
• Base pay range at commencement of employment: USD $189,600 - USD $380,400 per year.
• Total compensation package may include a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave).
• Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
• The Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Skills

• Experience with Big Data technologies.
• Experience with Database technologies.
• Experience with Microservices and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Open Standards for Data Transport and Storage.

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Arrangement: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration.
• Base pay range at commencement of employment: USD $189,600 - USD $380,400 per year.
• Total compensation package may include a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave).
• Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
• The Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Pay

• Base pay range at commencement of employment: USD $189,600 - USD $380,400 per year.

Schedule

• Hybrid Work Arrangement: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration.