Staff Software Engineer - Distributed System Development

Alluxio, Inc.; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Alluxio is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Distributed Systems to lead and evolve the Alluxio project, tackling challenges in memory efficiency, concurrency, caching policies, and scalable data services across large clusters.

You will contribute to system architecture and technical direction, mentor teammates, and collaborate with product management to deliver robust, high-availability solutions. English communication and a strong engineering mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in distributed systems or related fields.
• Proficient in at least one of Java, C/C++, or Go and English communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable systems to thousands of nodes and ensure data durability and high availability.
• Lead team members from concept to completion with creative solutions and guidance.
• Contribute to product architecture and align with product management on direction.

Skills

Technical leadership

Analytical skills

English communication

Education

BS in Computer Science

Master's/PhD preferred

Tools

Java

C/C++

Go

Job description

About the Role:

As a Staff Software Engineer at Alluxio, you will be responsible for leading and 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 Staff 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 Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, What We are Looking For:

• Having at least 1-2 years in technical leader role
• BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 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 Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, We Would Appreciate If You Have：

• Master's, PhD degree, further education or equivalent practical experience in engineering, computer science or other technical related field.
• Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Java, C/C++, or Go.
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed.
• 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.