Alluxio
Senior Software Engineer
Foster City, California · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$190k-$260kDetected 611 days ago
JavaC++Distributed SystemsKubernetesMachine LearningSparkCollaboration
About the role
- We're looking for experienced distributed-systems engineers to join our Core Product team and advance the next generation of Alluxio's data-orchestration engine - the foundation for AI and analytics at global scale.
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll work on high-impact systems problems such as: 1.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimize distributed components within Alluxio's orchestration layer.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with fellow engineers, architects, and the open-source community to drive improvements.
- Professional experience developing in Java, C++, or Go.
- Build infrastructure trusted by the world's largest AI and data-driven companies.
- Join a small, senior engineering team where your designs shape the product's evolution.
Requirements
- Practical knowledge of concurrency, replication, distributed coordination, and performance tuning.
- Experience with distributed storage, caching, or data-access layers (e.g., Spark, Presto, Hadoop, Kubernetes).
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
Nice to have
- Optimizing metadata management, caching, and replication across thousands of nodes.
- Collaborating with internal product teams to push the limits of distributed I/O performance.
- This is a hands-on, architecture-plus-implementation role for engineers who love deep systems work and want visible impact in a small, senior, highly technical team.
- Data path optimization - refine I/O pipelines for S3/GCS/HDFS/Posix to reduce latency and improve throughput using concurrency and scheduling techniques.
- Distributed systems reliability - strengthen consistency, replication, and fault-tolerance mechanisms across large-scale clusters.
Skills
- Designing concurrent, fault-tolerant services for multi-region and multi-cloud environments.
Compensation
- The base salary range for this full-time position in the United States is $190,000 - $260,000 depending on experience and level, subject to standard withholding and applicable taxes.
Company info
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