Staff Engineer Job in Vmware

Job Description

Business Summary:
VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable our more than 350,000 enterprise and SMB customers to thrive in the Cloud Era/ A pioneer in the use of virtualization and automation technologies, VMware simplifies IT complexity across the entire data center to the virtual workplace, empowering customers with solutions in the software-defined data center to hybrid cloud computing and the mobile workspace.

Our team of 20,000+ people working in 50+ locations worldwide is committed to building a community where great people want to work long term by living our values of passion, innovation, execution, teamwork, active learning and giving back. If you are ready to accelerate, innovate and lead, join us as we challenge constraints and problem solve for tomorrow today.

In Hyper Converged Infrastructure at VMware, our business Mission is to, Delver the best and most complete hybrid and multi cloud infrastructure for data and applications. vSAN is enterprise-class, storage virtualisation software that, when combined withvSphere, allows you to manage compute and storage with a single platform. vSAN, allows for reduced cost and complexity of traditional storage and take the easiest path to hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid cloud. vSAN is rated by IDC as the Number 1 HCI solution vendor with 38% of the HCI market and with over 20,000 plus customers.

Job Role and Responsibility:
We are searching for talented, dynamic, hands-on development lead Engineers to be part of the vSAN team in Bangalore, India. You will work closely with a team of software engineers and product managers on the design and maintenance of distributed systems and log structured file systems in the vSAN product and play a key role in ensuring the best possible customer experience.

In this role, you will architect, design, develop, test and support the vSAN log structured file system and its interface to the ESXi storage stack with the following Job responsibilities,

- Innovate and develop new storage technologies
- Design, Develop and test storage components in the ESXi kernel.
- Work with other functional teams in vSAN and VMkernel teams to ensure that features work seamlessly end-to-end.
- Share responsibility for maintaining and managing the vSAN components in VMware Cloud on AWS.
- Work with Quality Engineers and ensure software testability, quality and stability.
- Handle Customer Escalations by providing quick triaging of issue and suggest workarounds to resolve issues in a short span of time while working on solution to fix the problem
- Document best practices and architectural references in developing and deploying product solutions - Work independently and effectively within and across teams

Required Skills: In this role, you will work independently as a member of a team of engineers in creating technical content for VMware vSAN product. You have the ability to work in a fast pace environment demonstrating autonomy in conforming to strategic intent while adhering to team values.

You should have experience in designing complex storage sub systems and the proven ability to mentor/lead a team of engineers.

- Around 10+ years of hands on experience in developing and maintaining enterprise software.
- Strong C programming skills and data structures knowledge.
- Proven ability to design and architect enterprise storage systems.

- Exposure to kernel development or a high aptitude to quickly ramp on kernel programming.
- Strong analytical, diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks.
- Computer Science or related undergraduate and/or masters degree is required. Any other demonstrated high technology aptitude is desired.

Preferred Skills: Our team looks for individuals who embody our values of humility, collaboration above isolationism, respectfulness, trustworthiness, and good-natured fun. Additionally, we would like:
- Hands on experience in coding and debugging on at least one of the Storage protocols [SCSI, NVMe] or Log structured file systems.
- Exposure to VMWare ESXi storage stack is an added plus.
- Domain expertise in virtualization, storage technologies, and File systems.

VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. Vmware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.