Member of Technical Staff 2 - Backend [ 2- 3 years ]

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart

Nutanix has disrupted the multi-billion-dollar virtualization market by pioneering the first 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 Nutanix Cloud Manager, we are trying to build the next generation platform to help enterprises model, develop and manage applications. We want to give them the ability to encapsulate not only infrastructure but even the application – its architecture and deployment "as code". Our goal is to enable IT to - Optimize capacity, proactively detect performance anomalies, and automate operational tasks - Streamline management, deployment, and scale applications with self-service and centralized role-based IT governance. - Drive financial accountability and unify security operations with intelligent analysis and regulatory compliance

Your Role

The MTS Developer position is an aggregate role covering a broad spectrum of software development responsibilities. Front-end development is primarily done using React, Redux, or Angular. Backend engineering spans multiple languages including Golang, Python, and Java. Developers will design and implement protocol clients/servers, work with message queues, build massively parallel and distributed systems, write asynchronous network services, develop graph-based processing systems, optimize database performance, and solve cloud-scale engineering challenges.

What You Will Bring

Core Engineering Skills

• Strong programming experience in GoLang / Java / Python
• Deep understanding of Linux systems and internals
• Experience with Kubernetes (K8s)

Frontend & Full-Stack Exposure

• Working knowledge of JavaScript ecosystem (React, Angular, Redux, D3.js)
• Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and familiarity with TypeScript

Data, Messaging & Platform Knowledge

• Experience with databases (SQL and NoSQL/document stores)
• Familiarity with messaging systems such as Kafka, NATS, or Pulsar
• Exposure to storage, networking, and virtualization platforms (e.g., Nutanix, VMware, KVM)
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Distributed Systems Expertise:

• Distributed data management, Fault tolerance and high availability, Scalability patterns and performance optimization
• Proven experience building clustered, high-performance systems or web-scale application.

AI/LLM & Developer Productivity

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools for: Code generation and refactoring (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, etc.)
• Understanding of modern AI/LLM concepts : Foundation models and model selection trade-offs, Fine-tuning vs. retrieval-based approaches, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures for product use cases

Model integration patterns

in applications (APIs, embeddings, vector stores)

• Exposure to MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar frameworks for tool/model orchestration
• Ability to evaluate and integrate AI capabilities into production systems responsibly (latency, cost, security considerations)

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
• 2 – 3 years of experience in designing and developing scalable applications.

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.