The posting
Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart.
The Opportunity
As a Senior Member of Technical Staff in Platform Engineering, you will design and develop critical software that integrates our underlying hardware platforms with the core Nutanix software stack. You will be operating at the intersection of hardware and software, and tackle complex system integration challenges. You will be working with world-class cross functional teams building reliable software that can operate at scale.
About the Team
You will join the Platform Engineering organization at Nutanix headquarters in San Jose, CA. Our team is responsible for the entire lifecycle of NX products, from initial hardware integration to long-term software sustenance. We operate in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment where deep technical expertise meets hands-on problem solving. The culture here values autonomy and rigorous engineering, empowering you to work closely with cross-functional peers to build robust, scalable platform abstraction layers that power our core enterprise cloud architecture.
You will report directly to the Director of Engineering, Platforms, a leader who prioritizes technical mentorship and giving senior engineers the autonomy to architect complex solutions from the ground up. This leadership style is rooted in providing clear context on hardware behaviors while empowering you to own the software implementation independently. You can expect a supportive, high-trust environment where architectural decisions are discussed openly and your technical contributions have a direct, visible impact on the performance and reliability of Nutanix products globally.
Your Role
- Collaborate with AHV, Core Data Path, Infrastructure, and New Technologies teams to integrate new hardware capabilities and technologies.
- Design, develop, and maintain hardware abstraction and integration layers connecting Nutanix NX platforms with the broader software stack.
- Define and implement management and control-plane interfaces that enable RAS capabilities, including health monitoring, fault detection, diagnostics, and remediation.
- Apply knowledge of hardware virtualization and hardware–software interactions to troubleshoot complex issues, lead technical triage, and provide guidance to partner teams.
- Lead cross-functional efforts to investigate and resolve customer issues in field deployments.
- Automate diagnostics, issue reproduction, root-cause analysis, and regression testing for identified hardware and software issues.
- Build reliable, observable, and scalable integration services for clusters spanning hundreds of hosts.
- Contribute to design reviews, integration testing, and improvements in platform reliability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
What You Will Bring
- Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
- 7-10 years of experience in a product company in a similar role.
- Comprehensive understanding of x86 & ARM server Platform server Architectures, Storage, Networking, Operating Systems and Server Virtualization technologies.
- Expertise in back-end services for infrastructure management, monitoring, and servicing.
- Proficiency in Python, Rust, and object-oriented programming languages.
- Good familiarity of Linux OS and distributed systems.
- Hypervisor and virtualization knowledge in KVM and ESXi.
- Familiarity of HW technologies and HW SW integration interfaces
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 $ 160,000 and USD $ 267,000 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.
