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Member of Technical Staff 1- Core Data Path

Nutanix

San Jose, CA · HybridJob$90–180K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$90–180K/yr
Location
San Jose, CAHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Nutanix’s Core Storage and Disaster Recovery Data Path team builds the storage and replication engines behind its distributed cloud platform. The Member of Technical Staff 1 designs and develops software for a converged computing and storage platform, improves distributed-storage performance, scale, and resiliency, and works with development, testing, documentation, product, and customer-support teams. The role is hybrid, with at least three onsite days per week in San Jose.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CC++JavaPythonUNIX/Linux InternalsFile SystemsOperating SystemsDatabase Back-EndsDistributed SystemsCloud TechnologiesMapReduceCassandraZookeeperDistributed Data ManagementClustered Systems DesignVMwareHyper-VXenx86 ArchitectureVirtualizationStorage ManagementAnalytical ThinkingProblem-SolvingAgile

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Related FieldAdvanced Degree in Related Field

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.

The Opportunity

Nutanix engineers are crafting a revolutionary technology, building the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS. We’re using our love of programming and diverse backgrounds to deliver the simplicity and agility of popular public cloud services, but with the security and control that you need in a private cloud. At Nutanix, you’ll find no shortage of challenging problems to work on. We work closely with our product in a collegiate, collaborative environment that encourages the open exploration of ideas.

About the Team

As part of the Core Storage and Disaster Recovery Data Path team, you will engineer the foundational data engine that powers hundreds of thousands of Nutanix clusters globally. Our team owns the high-performance, low-latency storage path responsible for block-level data and metadata management, ensuring absolute resilience for our customers’ most mission-critical applications. Beyond local storage architecture, we design the robust, distributed replication engines that drive seamless disaster recovery across private, hybrid, and multi-cloud availability zones. If you want to solve complex, planetary-scale storage challenges where every millisecond and byte matters, this is where you belong.

Your Role

  • Design and develop software for a converged computing + storage platform for the software defined data center.

  • Develop a deep understanding of complex distributed systems, and design innovative solutions for customer requirements.

  • Improve performance, scale-out and resiliency of distributed storage systems.

  • Work closely with other development teams, testers, documentation writers and product management 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

  • Love of programming and rock-solid in one or more languages: C, C++, Java, Python, ideally for enterprise-quality software

  • Deep understanding of UNIX/Linux internals.

  • Development experience in file systems, operating systems, database back-ends, distributed systems management, Cloud technologies is plus.

  • Experience with MapReduce, Cassandra, Zookeeper and other large-scale distributed systems preferred.

  • Familiarity with OS internals, concepts of distributed data management, and design/implementation trade-offs in building clustered, high- performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems software.

  • Experience working with virtualization technologies like VMware, Hyper-V, Xen. VMware preferred

  • Familiarity with x86 architecture, virtualization and/or storage management

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required. Advanced degree in related field preferred

  • Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Can-do attitude while solving difficult problems spanning across multiple teams

  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving agile environment

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role at this time.

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.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between USD $90,000 and USD $180,000 per year.

However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized 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 base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors. Our application deadline is 40 days from the date of posting. In good faith, the posting may be removed prior to this date if the position is filled or extended in good faith.

We're an Equal Opportunity Employer Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled. We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation or harassment. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by contacting [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 40,832 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$90–180K/yr
  • California median$165–246K/yr7,688 salary ranges
  • US median$135–218K/yr32,472 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $135K, is 34% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,560 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 40,832 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (33,318 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 14,022 of the 40,832 open Software Engineer jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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