Staff Software Engineer - Distributed System Development in Foster City, California at Alluxio

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.