Senior Software Engineer - Distributed System Development

Alluxio; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Alluxio in Foster City, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems to evolve the Alluxio project, tackling challenges in distributed data services, memory efficiency, and thread concurrency.

You will lead architectural decisions, implement scalable solutions for thousands of nodes, collaborate with product management, and mentor teammates to take concepts from idea to production.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
• >2 years of software development in Java, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience with two or more of: distributed/parallel systems, distributed storage, architecting large-scale software, or security software development.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative solutions to scale systems to thousands of nodes.
• Contribute to product architecture and set the technical direction with product management.
• Lead team members to move concepts from idea to implementation.
• Improve memory and data structure efficiency, concurrency, and caching strategies.

Skills

Java

C/C++

Go

Distributed systems

Distributed storage

Large-scale software

English communication

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

About the Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer at Alluxio, you will be responsible for evolving the state-of-the-art Alluxio project.. The work would involve solving challenging problems in the area of Distributed Data Services, memory and data structure efficiency, thread concurrency, locking optimizations, caching policies and implementation.

As the Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, What You Will Be Able To Build and Owner：

• The role would include developing innovative solutions for scaling systems to thousands of nodes and providing data durability and high availability.

• The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer who has the ability to come up with creative solutions and lead team members to take them from concept to completion.

• You would contribute to the product architecture and implement the technical direction, working along with the product management.

As the Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, What We are Looking For:

• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.

• >2 years of software development experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, or Go.

• Experience working with two or more from the following is a must: distributed and parallel systems, distributed storage systems, architecting large-scale software systems, and/or security software development.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Working proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written English.

As the Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, We Would Appreciate If You Have：

• Experience contributing to and/or maintaining an open source project.

• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and iterative programming environment.

• Contributed or contributing to Alluxio.