Software Engineer; KV Storage-Bellevue

Overview

In Alibaba Cloud, we provide the fundamental cloud technology and infrastructure to help merchants, brands and other businesses that provide products, services and digital content engage with their users and customers. Our team is tasked to build the core components of Alibaba cloud storage. We have created planetary-scale distributed systems that handle hundreds of billions of requests per day and store multiple exabytes of data.

We deliver the next killer feature and tackle interesting challenges in technologies such as big data and Cloud Native. We provide reliable, highly scalable and high-performing distributed file system services on which our users build their mission critical services.

• Design, develop and test large-scale cloud storage services.
• Deploy, manage, monitor and diagnose large-scale software systems.
• Create innovative solutions toward system scalability, reliability and availability problems.
• Address the engineering challenges of very complex distributed system software.
• Hands-on contribution from building rock-solid components to formulating strategy and evangelizing technology, mentoring other engineers and providing training and support for supported technologies.

• Minimum qualifications:
  • Proficiency in C/C++ programming, experience with Python or other scripting languages.
  • Familiarity with commonly used algorithms, data structures, network programming and multi-threaded programming.
  • Excellent communication skills. Highly independent, open-minded and collaborative.
  • Creative, willing to face challenges and responsible.
  • Teamwork spirit: honest, diligent, and rigorous.

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Hands-on and seasoned experience in development of cloud infrastructures.
  • Deep knowledge of the internals of open source systems such as Linux, HBase, Cassandra, Hadoop, Kubernetes, and so on.
  • Development experiences with Paxos, Raft and other fault-tolerant protocols.
  • Passionate about technology, demonstrated ability to generate new ideas and innovations.
  • Prior research experiences demonstrated by publications or open-source software.
  • Cross-team and inter-department collaboration experiences.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $142,000 and $234,000 per year. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Alibaba U.S. based full-time regular employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits such as FSA, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive up to 12 paid holidays, accrue up to 15 paid vacation days for this position, and receive up to 72 hours paid sick time (front-loaded) per calendar year.

EEO statement:
Alibaba is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.