Engineering Manager- Content Management

Nutanix; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutanix Bengaluru is seeking a senior Engineering Leader to own the CMS technical vision and scale the hybrid cloud management plane. You will drive architecture, mentor a team, and partner with product and program management to deliver high-quality software.

The role requires 12–14 years of software engineering experience and demonstrated leadership in Go, Python, and cloud-native systems. You will champion CI/CD, testing, observability, and security across the stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (required).
• 12–14 years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years of managing small- to mid-sized engineering teams.
• Proven ability to guide teams using Go, Python or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 6–8 engineers, fostering innovation and accountability.
• Own the technical vision and system architecture for CMS and related areas.
• Oversee end-to-end product development lifecycle—from concept to release.
• Partner with Product Management and stakeholders to align milestones and address NFRs.
• Enforce best practices in coding, testing, CI, observability, and monitoring.

Skills

Team Leadership

Go

Python

Cloud Native

Distributed Systems

APIs

Code Reviews

CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

VMware

Job description

The Opportunity

Nutanix is disrupting the multi-billion dollar cloud infrastructure market by pioneering the first hybrid cloud platform that can incrementally scale out to manage petabytes of data while running tens of thousands of virtual machines.

Engineering / R&D at Nutanix

You will work in the Nutanix Content Management team that is building a new hybrid cloud infrastructure management plane for management of core infrastructure building blocks like virtual machine templates, virtual disks and virtual appliances. We are looking for engineers with a rare and unique blend of technical and operational skills. You will work with a team of passionate engineers to drive the development and evolution of our hybrid cloud infrastructure management plane. You will play a key role in shaping the future of our product, ensuring product simplicity and delight for Nutanix customers.

Nutanix Content Management Service (CMS) simplifies and unifies the management of business-critical hybrid cloud infrastructure components by extending the management plane across network and geographic boundaries. We are developing a new backend service and architecture focused towards realizing our product vision of effectively scaling to hybrid cloud infrastructure demands. For administrators, CMS speeds time to value and reduces operational risk by introducing a no overhead, easy single pane of glass management model. For business owners, CMS increases cost efficiency and speed towards delivery of a resilient hybrid cloud infrastructure. CMS aspires to exemplify true hybrid cloud model through its product offering and integrate seamlessly with popular hyperscaler cloud platform offerings. CMS is expected to operate in large customer environments spanning hundreds of geographically distributed cluster environments with thousands of hybrid cloud infrastructure management entities. The CMS team’s primary technology stack is authored in Python and Golang. The team is responsible for core Nutanix services responsible for managing hybrid cloud entities.

Your Role

• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 6–8 engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous professional development.
• Technical Direction & Architecture: Own the technical vision and system architecture for CMS and related product areas, driving scalable, performant, resilient, and reliable solutions.
• Execution & Lifecycle Delivery: Oversee the complete product development lifecycle—from concept, system design, and project planning through implementation, performance engineering, testing, and release.
• Product & Stakeholder Partnership: Partner closely with Product Management, Program Management, and other stakeholders to define aggressive yet achievable milestones, align engineering execution with market trends, and address Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
• Engineering & Operational Excellence: Establish and enforce best practices in coding standards, automated testing, continuous integration, observability, and infrastructure monitoring to maximize developer productivity and deliver high-quality products. Utilize AI coding tools and models to maintain high quality and velocity. Participate directly in technical deliverables through system design reviews, code reviews, and technical interviewing to maintain high standards for scale, security, and user experience.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (required)
• 12-14 years of software engineering experience.
• Proven experience with 2+ years of managing small-mid sized engineering teams.
• Proven ability to guide teams working in Go, python or similar systems programming languages.
• Solid hands-on experience with cloud native platforms, distributed systems, containerization, and building enterprise grade APIs is required.
• Experience working in areas of enterprise product development or hyperscalers, including Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, VMware vSphere, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly and effectively.
• Ability to lead through influence, communicate complex technical concepts clearly, and drive alignment across engineering and other stakeholders.