Director of Engineering (Virtualisation/Hypervisor)

Cambridge, United Kingdom 

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with heart!

The opportunity

Integral to the Nutanix software stack is the Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV). AHV is an enterprise-grade hypervisor tailor-made for Nutanix's software solution and has reliability, performance and scalability characteristics proven to be capable of meeting the demands of the toughest enterprise and private cloud workloads. 

The AHV engineering team are seeking to grow our Cambridge-based engineering team with an experienced Engineering Leader, who will help us expand the AHV team and shape the future of the software-defined datacenter. 

About the team

The team is led by industry experts with 20+ years of experience, who are leading AHV development globally. We have a forward-thinking approach to our work that has retained many of the best elements of start-up mentality whilst also recognising the need for mature delivery and execution. We work with open-source technologies including Linux KVM, QEMU, Open vSwitch and Libvirt.

Your role

• Managing engineer team(s), shaping processes and technology;
• Owning engineering areas of the Nutanix AHV hypervisor;
• Define priorities for your team(s) in alignment with company OKRs;
• Driving projects with other engineering and cross functional groups across geographies;

What will you bring

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, and/or PhD degree in Computer Science or (preferred) another technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in managing engineering teams generally with 15+ years in industry;
• Passion for building world-class engineering teams and culture;
• Technical leadership and passion for programming and good software engineering;
• Experience in engineering fundamentals and software design best practices;
• Familiarity with UNIX/Linux, OS internals and concepts of distributed systems.
• Familiarity with x86 architecture, virtualisation, and/or storage and network management.
• Experience in interaction with open source communities is preferred.

What the Team Says

“You can expect Start-up vibes, a very dynamic and fluid type of place.”

“I applied to work at Nutanix a year ago because I heard the work environment was great and I am still impressed by how supportive the team and people in general are. There is always someone willing to help, experienced people are approachable and help newer people to settle in and familiarize with the ecosystem.”

How we work

We have good cooperation across different time zones, and we also see a lot of value from in-person collaboration. People who live nearby tend to be in the office most of the time, and those who are a bit further out try to visit at least once a week. Overall we are flexible, everyone chooses what works best for them. We are trying to minimize the number of meetings and nurture the culture of writing and sharing documents, which helped us achieve a more flexible schedule and transparent knowledge sharing. We also have weekly Nutanix lunch days that are a great opportunity to connect with the team and other colleagues.

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