Software Engineer - Distributed Systems (Foster City, CA)

Posted 18 Days Ago
Foster City, CA
3-5 Years Experience
Big Data • Machine Learning • Software
The Role
Join Alluxio as a Software Engineer working on Distributed Systems to develop innovative solutions for large-scale analytics and AI in any cloud. Solve challenging problems in memory efficiency, thread concurrency, and caching policies. Work on evolving the Alluxio project and scaling systems to thousands of nodes with data durability and high availability.
Summary Generated by Built In

Proven at a global web-scale in production for modern data services, Alluxio is the developer of open-source data orchestration software for large-scale analytics and AI. Alluxio is in production use today at eight out of the top ten internet companies, and seven of the ten highest valued companies in the world. Our mission is to orchestrate data for all data driven applications in any cloud!


As customers continuously push the envelope for ways to extract value from data, Alluxio is driving innovation in data access and management for large-scale distributed systems. Alluxio is charging full steam to help customers navigate the digital transformation. Venture-backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Hillhouse Capital, and Seven Seas Partners. Alluxio was founded at UC Berkeley’s AMPLab by the creators of the Tachyon open-source project.


Alluxio data orchestration platform is a new layer between storage and compute engines. This new data layer serves data to large-scale analytics and AI in any cloud across clusters, regions, clouds, and countries, providing simplified data access to files and objects. Features like intelligent caching, unified namespace, and data management provide agility and cost efficiency to customers in financial services, high-tech, retail, and telecommunications.


Alluxio has received numerous accolades, including recently being named: One of the 20 Coolest Cloud Software Companies of 2021. Alluxio is trusted by Meta, Uber, Tencent, Tiktok, Alibaba, Expedia, Rakuten, Microsoft, Walmart, and more! Please review Wikipedia to learn more about us! Join our world-class team of empathetic, enthusiastic, and creative people who can work on some of the toughest big data problems.


About the Role:

As a Software Engineer at Alluxio, you will be involved in 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 a software engineer who has the ability to come up with creative solutions and work with more senior members.

What You Will Be Able to Build and Own:

  • As a distributed systems engineer at Alluxio, you will be responsible for evolving the state-of-the-art Alluxio ( also known as Tachyon Nexus earlier) project.
  • Solving challenging problems in the area of Distributed Data Services, Memory and data structure efficiency, Thread concurrency and locking optimizations, process coordination, and caching policies and implementation.
  • Developing innovative solutions for scaling systems to thousands of node and providing Data Durability and High Availability.

What We are Looking For:

  • 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.

We Would Appreciate If You Have:

  • Master’s, Ph.D. degree, further education, or equivalent practical experience in engineering, computer science, or other technical-related fields.
  • 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.

Alluxio is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.


The base salary range for this US full-time position is $120-200k, depending on experience, and subject to standard withholding and applicable taxes. All candidates receive equity (stock options) and access to a comprehensive benefits offering. The base salary range reflects the minimum and maximum target for candidates across all US locations. Work location, skills, experience, and any relevant education or training determine the compensation awarded to the candidate. The Recruiting Team or Hiring Manager can share more about the specific salary range with you during the recruitment process.

Top Skills

C/C++
Go
Java
The Company
HQ: San Mateo, CA
107 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Proven at global web scale in production for modern data services, Alluxio is the developer of open source data orchestration software for the cloud. Alluxio moves data closer to big data and machine learning compute frameworks in any cloud across clusters, regions, clouds and countries, providing memory-speed data access to files and objects. Intelligent data tiering and data management deliver consistent high performance to customers in financial services, high tech, retail and telecommunications. Alluxio is in production use today at seven out of the top ten internet companies. Venture-backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Seven Seas Partners, Alluxio was founded at UC Berkeley’s AMPLab by the creators of the Tachyon open source project. For more information, contact [email protected].

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