Member of Technical Staff 2

The Opportunity

Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud, is looking to hire a SDE/ MTS for Pithos team. Nutanix welcomes builders, those who are unafraid to take on hard challenges and learn new technologies. Pithos is a proprietary distributed transactional 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, and configuration management. As part of the Pithos team, you will contribute to developing features for Nutanixs back-end services, internal metadata store, and control plane services. Your role will involve optimizing queries 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 and 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 NTNX metadata db team, consisting of 40 high-Performing individuals spread across locations in the US and India. The team culture at Metadata DB 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 Sr. Technical Manager and work in an onsite setup, where you will be required to be present in the office at least 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 models 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.

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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