Job Description

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

The Opportunity

Nutanix has disrupted the multi-billion-dollar virtualization market by pioneering the converged compute & storage virtualization appliance that can incrementally scale out to manage petabytes of data while running tens of thousands of virtual machines. We strive to bring simplicity in data center management and constantly challenge ourselves to make complex systems simple. We are now onto our next leg of making hybrid multi-cloud infinitely simple and cost-effective.

About the Team

At Cloud Platform as a Service, our core mission is to architect, develop, and maintain a robust, enterprise-grade data and compute platform. This platform is meticulously crafted using cutting-edge open-source technologies, providing the foundational infrastructure upon which numerous product engineering teams at Nutanix build and deliver their exceptional solutions to our valued customers.

Your Role

Lead & Grow: Hire, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering organization of 30+ engineers, including first-line managers and staff engineers. Drive Delivery: Collaborate across geographies to plan and execute end-to-end delivery of critical platform projects. Architect & Innovate: Partner with product and architecture teams to define technical vision, influence product strategy, and ensure robust, scalable designs in line with best practices. Cross-Functional Influence: Work closely with Dev and QA teams to align on priorities and drive shared goals. Community & Open Source: Engage with open-source communities and vendors--leveraging existing projects, contributing enhancements, and steering integrations to meet Nutanix's objectives.

What You Will Bring

Systems & Architecture: Deep understanding of OS internals, networking, containers (Docker, Kubernetes, service mesh), and distributed systems. Strong experience with Linux Languages: Hands-on experience in one of the programming languages in Go, C/C++, Java or Python at scale. Database & Messaging: Knowledge of distributed OLTP/OLAP databases and queuing/caching systems (e.g., NATS, PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, Redis,Cassandra). Open Source: Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects.Demonstrated understanding of open-source distributed databases and streaming systems, including the tradeoffs involved in developing clustered, high-performance, and fault-tolerant system software.

Qualifications

BS/ MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or Equivalent 18+ Years of experience, 7+ years leading and scaling engineering teams, with a track record of hiring, coaching, and performance management. Proven hands-on technical management Experience working in a high-growth multinational company environment

Work Arrangement

Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in-person collaboration. For most roles, that will mean coming into an office a minimum of 3 days per week, however certain roles and/or teams may require more frequent in-office presence. Additional team-specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.