Senior Software Engineer - Prism

Nutanix • San Jose, CA

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with a Heart. The Opportunity: Are you a seasoned engineer with extensive experience in building & scaling distributed systems, eager to take on a significant technical leadership role? If so, join the Nutanix Prism engineering team and play a key part in shaping the next-generation control plane for the Nutanix hybrid cloud. This is a unique opportunity to define, build, and deliver a scalable, performant software-defined control plane on top of our industry-leading offerings. Senior Engineer in the Prism team is responsible for building a highly performant and scalable control plane for the Nutanix platform. The control plane will be used by multiple microservices, as well as Nutanix partners and customers. The individual needs to have a keen interest in building impactful end-to-end features (architecture, design, thinking through workflows/use cases/experience, and development of scalable solutions for the same) for customers.The individual should have the ability to design end-to-end systems, write architectural and functional specifications, and write high-quality code. The individual should be able to provide hands-on technical leadership to a small team of engineers. About the Team This role will be part of the Nutanix Prism team, based in San Jose. The team is geographically distributed across San Jose and India. And, the team is focussed on building an enterprise grade data platform and delivering exceptional multi cloud observability solutions to Nutanix’s customers. The team's culture emphasizes collaboration, technical innovation, and a commitment to excellence, fostering an environment where team members can grow and influence the technical direction of products. You will report to the Senior Engineering Manager, who values strategic thinking, collaboration, and technical leadership. The manager encourages open communication, fostering a culture where team members feel empowered to influence decisions and contribute to the project’s success. As part of our hybrid work setup, you will be required to work in the office three days a week, allowing for a balance between in-person collaboration and remote work flexibility to cater to individual preferences and needs. There are no travel requirements for this position, allowing you to focus on delivering high-quality work and contributing effectively to the team's success without the added stress of frequent travel. At Nutanix, we prioritize creating a conducive work environment that promotes productivity, growth, and work-life balance for all our employees.

Requirements

• 9+ years of software development experience with Bachelors/ Masters or equivalent in Computer Science
• Advanced-level programming in Python/Golang
• Strong fundamentals of Operating Systems, Multi-threaded/Multi-Process Applications, inter-process communication, RPC
• Strong fundamentals in Object-Oriented Programming, Algorithms, Data Structures, and Problem Solving
• Fluency with Unit Testing Frameworks in Python/Golang
• Knowledge of TCP-IP Suite of protocols (Ethernet, VLAN, IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, DNS, Vxlan, Geneve)
• Professional experience developing software for networking or security products
• A strong understanding of the Linux operating system and utilities
• Understanding of virtualization concepts - compute/storage/network virtualization
• Experience developing user-level applications in Linux/Unix environment.
• Experience working with Public Clouds like AWS, Azure, OCI.
• Skills in debugging complex distributed applications.
• Exposure to Linux Networking stack, IP tables
• Hands-on experience working with web technologies - HTTP/HTTPS, RESTful API, JSON, Protobuf.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction for major product areas of Prism.
• Design & develop a world-class network hybrid/multi cloud product that is distributed, resilient, and highly performant at a large scale deployment.
• Contribute to all phases of product development through conception, design, implementation, and deployment along with performance engineering.
• Develop robust design, and write code & unit tests to produce high quality, reusable, and extensible software through an API driven approach.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including other Developers, Testers, Product Management, and Support to meet customer requirements while driving engineering innovation.
• Participate in defining product requirements, review designs and codes of other engineers, review test plans, performance, and scalability plans.
• Take ownership of the product features and work independently with minimal supervision to design & deliver a module-level functionality.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior