Backend Software Engineer (Core Security Engineering) - MTS-2

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

The Opportunity

Nutanix engineers are creating a revolutionary technology, building a software-defined data center. We're using our love of programming and outstanding use to change the way companies virtualize their data centers. At Nutanix, you'll find no shortage of demanding problems to work on. We work closely with our products in a collegiate, collaborative environment that encourages the open exploration of ideas.

About the Team

What the Team Says: 

• We are not short on new technologies in our tech stack viz., Kubernetes, Cassandra, GoLang, Backbone JS, React, Playwright etc.
• We are not too big of a team, but tackling some of the biggest challenges around security in our product. 
• We follow the Agile model while running bi-weekly sprints and weekly scrums.
  We are a group that is always enthusiastic about learning, adjusts plans from learning and delivers product features of great quality.
• Last, but never the least, we love to have fun and truly strive to uphold Nutanix culture and beliefs.
  About us:
  Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nutanix is a passionate team of 
  6000+ employees worldwide. Our people (we call ourselves “Nutants”) are the heartbeat 
  Of #LifeAtNutanix and one of the many things that makes Nutanix a great place to work 
  At. We share an intelligent curiosity, a bias for action, and an obsession with our customers. 
  We are builders and problem solvers with an entrepreneurial spirit. Above all, we celebrate 
  What makes each of us unique?
  We are humbled to be recognized as one of Bloomberg’s Top 50 Companies to Watch 
  In 2020 and one of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® 2020.
  We’re growing fast and disrupting the computing industry. Join us and make your mark.

About our business
Nutanix is a global guide in cloud software and a pioneer in hyperconverged infrastructure. 
Solutions, making computing invisible anywhere. Companies around the world use Nutanix 
Software to leverage a single platform to manage any app, at any location, at any scale for 
Their private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $134,440 and $267,600 a year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple separate factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including 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), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify the base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to separate performance, company or separate department/team performance, and the market.

Your Role

If you are someone who wants to play a role in developing the systems and services that are secure, reliable, and easy-to-use, we would love to hear from you!
As a full-stack developer in the team, your primary responsibilities will include at least the following:

• Design, develop and maintain highly available, highly scalable, fault-tolerant, responsive, distributed frontend and backend microservices
• Design, develop, low-latency RESTful APIs meeting the performance SLAs
  Write unit, functional, integration, performance, and system tests to deliver the work with high quality.
• Collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams viz., PM, UX, System Test, 
  Documentation and other relevant engineering groups while working on a feature from its inception to release.
• Provide necessary technical support to SRE by indulging in on-calls as per the demand.
• Evaluate and recommend open-source technologies as per the need.
   

What You Will Bring

• At minimum, Bachelor’s in computer science, computer engineering, or an 
  Equivalent field.
• 1–3 years of professional experience of developing software services including frontend and backend (full-stack development).
• Experience in writing unit, functional, integration, performance, and system tests. 
• Strong in data structures and algorithms
• Good problem-solving and communication skills proficiency in using Golang, Python, GitHub/Gerrit.
• Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, distributed systems, and their 
  Limitations: RESTful APIs.
• Exposure to NoSQL databases like Cassandra, MongoDB
• Exposure to Java is a plus.
   
  In addition to the above-mentioned qualifications, the following are good to have:
• Familiarity with Linux internals including file systems, networking.
• Familiarity with systems and web security concepts. Familiarity with Publisher/Subscriber messaging systems like RabbitMQ/Kafka.
• Familiarity with one more public cloud platform. 
• Familiarity with virtualization.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Javascript, ReactJS, Shell scripts