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Staff Software Engineer - Distributed System Development

Alluxio · Foster City, California · On-site

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About Alluxio

Alluxio is a high-performance distributed caching layer built for large-scale AI workloads. Alluxio maximizes I/O throughput and minimizes I/O latency for model training, model deployment, inference cold starts, feature store queries and more — all without... Backed by a16z.

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.

What they're 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
More about this 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.

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...

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