Staff Engineer [12-15 yrs experience]

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

The Opportunity

We are looking for passionate developers to work on scalable distributed File systems. If you are looking for an opportunity to solve deep technical problems and build innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment working with extremely smart, passionate software developers, this is the role for you. You will work on hard problems at scale and will have the autonomy to deliver. You will be contributing to the design and development of scalable distributed systems for Nutanix Files.

About the Team

The Files Engineering team is driven by a strong foundation in distributed systems, storage, and networking, bringing together deep technical expertise and a passion for solving complex challenges. The team operates with a focus on innovation, ownership, and building scalable, high-performance solutions. It promotes a collaborative and inclusive environment where ideas are encouraged, and individuals are empowered to contribute meaningfully. With a strong emphasis on open communication, continuous learning, and tackling challenging problems, the team enables engineers to grow while delivering impactful outcomes. A culture of accountability and mutual support ensures both individual success and strong team cohesion.

Your Role

• Work on next-generation Enterprise File Storage software enabling customers to reduce data fragmentation and storage sprawl by consolidating silos onto a single platform that easily scales to meet storage needs.
• Design and develop a scalable, distributed system for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Provide technical leadership for end-to-end high quality and performant software development and delivery.
• Work with product managers, architects, and other technical leads to understand requirements and develop innovative solutions.
• Design and develop software for a converged compute + storage platform for secondary and tertiary data.
• Develop a keen understanding of complex distributed systems, and design creative solutions for customer requirements.
• Engage with customers, partners, and support to provide world-class software and support experience to end customers.
• As Technical Lead, mentor and review Work products of team members.
• End-to-end Ownership of Features — Design, Development and Unit tests along with Schedule and Quality. As a Feat Lead, you will drive other virtual team members to deliver on the committed roadmap.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science or related fields with 11yrs years of relevant industry experience.
•  Love of programming, ability, and passion to solve complex problems.
• Strong experience in C++ and systems programming. Python or Go would be an added bonus.
• Experience building scalable fault-tolerant distributed or cloud native systems.
• Mastery in Files domain. Deep understanding of File protocols like NFS, SMB,ZFS
• Have a bias for action and be able to rapidly implement and iterate solutions to complex technical problems spanning across multiple teams and technologies. Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. In locations where our workplace policy applies (i.e. San Jose, Durham, Mexico City, Bangalore, Pune, Hoofddorp, Belgrade, Barcelona, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo), employees are expected to work onsite a minimum of 3 days per week to foster collaboration, team alignment, and access to in-office resources. Workplace type may vary based on location and team requirements. Please speak with your recruiter for details. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.

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