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Lead Engineer ( Forward Deployed Engineer ) Santa Clara, CA
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Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, 95053, USA
Listed on 2026-07-18
Listing for:
Nutanix
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-18
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end design and implementation of complex, cross-cutting features spanning multiple services or product areas.
- Drive architectural decisions focused on reliability, performance, extensibility, and maintainability.
- Partner closely with Product Management, Platform Engineering, and Applied AI teams to deliver solutions aligned with customer outcomes.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues involving distributed systems, large-scale data, and integrations.
- Work directly with Customer Success, Solutions Engineering, and Support teams to deliver timely, high-quality resolutions.
- Establish best practices for observability, debugging, testing, and incident response in customer-facing systems.
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of production systems at scale.
- Strong backend engineering experience (e.g., Java, Python, Scala, or similar) with distributed systems.
- Proven experience handling enterprise customer escalations and complex production issues.
- Deep understanding of system design, APIs, data pipelines, and service-oriented or microservices architectures.
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments with competing customer and platform priorities.
- Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams.
- Hands‑on experience building frontend applications with React, Angular, and related UI frameworks.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience in Customer Engineering and/or Solutions Engineering, within a SaaS company.
- Familiarity with enterprise integrations, data ingestion pipelines, and customer‑specific configurations.
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and production monitoring tools.
- Exposure to AI/ML‑enabled platforms or data‑intensive products.
- Family medical, vision, and dental coverage.
- Competitive base salary.
- Eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses or commissions.
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