Android Developer

Company Overview:

Virtana delivers the industry’s only unified platform for Hybrid Cloud Performance, Capacity and Cost Management. Our platform provides unparalleled, real-time visibility into the performance, utilization, and cost of infrastructure across the hybrid cloud – empowering customers to manage their mission critical applications across physical, virtual, and cloud computing environments. Our SaaS platform allows organizations to easily manage and optimize their spend in the public cloud, assure resources are performing properly through real-time monitoring, and provide the unique ability to plan migrations across the hybrid cloud. 

As we continue to expand our portfolio, we are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Staff Software Engineer in backend technologies to contribute to the futuristic development of our sophisticated monitoring products.

Position Overview:

As a Staff Software Engineer specializing in backend technologies for Storage and Network monitoring in an AI enabled Data center as well as Cloud, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and delivering high-quality features within aggressive timelines. Your expertise in microservices-based streaming architectures and strong hands-on development skills are essential to solve complex problems related to large-scale data processing. Proficiency in backend technologies such as Java, Python is crucial.

Key Responsibilities:

• Hands-on Development: Actively participate in the design, development, and delivery of high-quality features, demonstrating strong hands-on expertise in backend technologies like Java, Python, Go or related languages.
• Microservices and Streaming Architectures: Design and implement microservices-based streaming architectures to efficiently process and analyze large volumes of data, ensuring real-time insights and optimal performance.
• Agile Development: Collaborate within an agile development environment to deliver features on aggressive schedules, maintaining a high standard of quality in code, design, and architecture.
• Feature Ownership: Take ownership of features from inception to deployment, ensuring they meet product requirements and align with the overall product vision.
• Problem Solving and Optimization: Tackle complex technical challenges related to data processing, storage, and real-time monitoring, and optimize backend systems for high throughput and low latency.
• Code Reviews and Best Practices: Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and promote best practices to maintain a high-quality and maintainable codebase.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including UI/UX designers, product managers, and QA engineers, to ensure smooth integration and alignment with product goals.
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation, including system architecture, design decisions, and API documentation, to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, demonstrating expertise in Java, Python or related technologies.
• Strong domain knowledge in Storage and Networking, with exposure to monitoring technologies and practices.
• Experience is handling the large data-lakes with purpose-built data stores (Vector databases, no-SQL, Graph, Time-series).
• Practical knowledge of OO design patterns and Frameworks like Spring, Hibernate.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP and development expertise on Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
• Solid experience designing and delivering features with high quality on aggressive schedules.
• Proven experience in microservices-based streaming architectures, particularly in handling large amounts of data for storage and networking monitoring.
• Familiarity with performance optimization techniques and principles for backend systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills.

Why Join Us:

• Opportunity to be a key contributor in the development of a leading performance monitoring company specializing in AI-powered Storage and Network monitoring.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• Chance to work on cutting-edge technology and products that make a real impact.

If you are a hands-on technologist with a proven track record of designing and delivering high-quality features on aggressive schedules and possess strong expertise in microservices-based streaming architectures, we invite you to apply and help us redefine the future of performance monitoring.

• 2 + years of software development experience utilizing Java based frameworks and technologies to build enterprise grade product solutions.
• 2+ years of experience designing, developing and documenting RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of concepts/technologies like Spring MVC, Spring boot, J2EE, EJB, application/API security, API governance/gateway platforms like apigee or kong.
• Good understanding of RDMS concepts and development preferably using MS SQL Server.
• Experience using test automation technologies like cucumber, selenium is a big plus.
• Partner with scrum masters to address technical blockers/impediments to progress.
• Prior experience working with agile scrum-based development methodology. Participate in sprint planning and estimate development efforts for features and stories.
• Partner with DevOps to install and configure/tune application containers like embedded Spring boot tomcat and webserver technologies preferably nginx or apache.
• Partner with cloud engineering group to outline the infrastructure provisioning requirements/needs for new product development.
• Design and develop CI/CD tools and process preferably using Jenkins to configure build jobs for APIs and design pipeline to promote artifacts from development all the way to production
• Experience with messaging technologies like kafka is a huge plus
• Work with Test Automation engineering team to integrate test automation scripts as part of the CI/CD process.
• Prior proven experience of utilizing and productionizing container/container orchestration technologies like Docker, kubernetes.
• Participate and Resolve issues related deployments, application performance etc.

The primary responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the overall software development lifecycle.
• Management and execution against project plans and delivery commitments
• Drive effective, mature Agile practices and continuous execution improvements within your teams.
• Manage stakeholder planning and communications ensuring key outcomes
• Recruit, coach, and mentor the best engineering and management talent
• Build, coach, and manage a strong team of engineers that set the standard and can up-level the overall talent of the extended organization.
• Provide a strong understanding of native mobile developer platforms and bring broad thought leadership to the next generation mobile developer experience.
• Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that slow down or prevent products and programs from delivering on product and program objectives.
• Balance urgent and effective action, commitment to excellence, and taking the initiative to resolve problems; holds internal stakeholders accountable where appropriate.

REQUIRED

• 8+ years of industry experience with 2+ years of senior leadership experience.
• Solid track record of over-achieving engineering and platform delivery and scaling targets in high volume, innovative and fast-paced high-pressure environment; proven results in delivery on platform product.
• Deep understanding of one or more of Java/Python/Scala. Ability to understand and critique the core library/language constructs with skilled knowledge on UI technologies like Angular 2+, React, D3.JS
• Working experience with Agile methodologies and durable team concepts.
• Knowledge in DevOps practices and tools.
• Knowledge in Cloud Technologies, CI/CD, Jenkins, Testing methodologies is preferred.
• Experience in server-side services using ElasticSearch, Kafka
• A strong track record of project delivery for large, cross-functional, projects and bringing in and growing engineering talent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences.