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Lead Engineer ( Forward Deployed Engineer ) Santa Clara, CA

Job in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, 95053, USA
Listing for: Nutanix
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-18
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 140000 - 220000 USD Yearly USD 140000.00 220000.00 YEAR
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.
Qualifications
  • 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.
Benefits
  • Family medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Competitive base salary.
  • Eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses or commissions.
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