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Alluxio

Senior Software Engineer - Distributed System Development

Foster City, California, United States

Location
Foster City, California, United States
Work
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Level
Senior
Function
Engineering
Pay
$180K – $250K a year (read from the ad)
Posted
8 weeks ago

About the role

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer at Alluxio, you will be responsible for 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.

As the Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, What You Will Be Able To Build and Owner:

As the Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, What You Will Be Able To Build and Owner:

  • 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.

As the Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, What We are Looking For:

  • BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
  • >2 years of 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.

As the Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems at Alluxio, We Would Appreciate If You Have:

  • 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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Base Salary Range: $180,000 – $250,000 / year (The final base salary offer within this range is determined by various factors, including candidate experience, technical qualifications, and operational needs. )

Compensation & Benefits:The posted range reflects the base salary range for this role. In addition to base pay, full-time positions at Alluxio are eligible for performance-based annual bonuses and a comprehensive benefits package (including health and paid time off).

Source

Posted by Alluxio on their own hiring page, jobs.lever.co. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 00:08 UTC; the original is the reference.

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