- We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Engineer to join our dynamic team working on Horizon 8, a leading virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution.
- As a Staff Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, development, and enhancement of critical components within the Horizon 8 platform. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers and drive the success of our product.
- As a key member of the Horizon Enterprise team, youll assume the role of technical leadership, steering the design and development of critical architectural components.
- Your ownership will extend to engineering initiatives that pave the way for intelligent virtual desktops and applications, fostering a culture of high responsibility, continuous enhancement, and engineering brilliance.
- By leveraging your expertise, youll shape the future of virtual computing of hybrid workspaces. Join us in this transformative journey, where your innovation and leadership will drive excellence in both technical advancement and end-user experience.
Success in the Role: What are the performance goals over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing
- During your first two months on the job, you will work on understanding the product architecture, existing product development tools, and release process. You are expected to gain knowledge in the domain and the technology your team is already using. Participating in the team s scope and architectural discussions.
- At the sixth-month mark, it is expected that you will have a good understanding of your responsibilities, the goals of the project, and the processes and tools required to complete your work effectively. You will collaborate with your peers/other engineers in the team and the product management team to construct the product backlog, establish project boundaries with your team, and ensure that the deliverables are completed on time and to the anticipated standards.
- You will have to collaboratively work across other product and component teams.
- You will have to be a subject matter expert with deep expertise in the key components of our data pipeline and platform.
- You will have to handle the interactions with product management, cross-functional teams I, and other groups, internal and external to Omnissa, to define and deliver the required solutions.
- You will have to participate in all phases of software development including requirements, design, coding, testing, debugging, and performance tuning.
- You will drive the product deployments that include platforms such as vSphere and public clouds including Azure, AWS etc.
What type of work will you be doingWhat assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis
- You will lead the architectural design and implementation of key features and functionalities in Horizon 8 using clean and tested code.
- You will implement and improve processes around Kubernetes and CI/CD tools.
- You will develop applications using micro-services, and other cloud design patterns.
- You will develop RESTful API design, including API versioning, backwards compatibility, authentication and High Availability
- You will work closely with developers & customer support teams to resolve issues, reproduce bugs & perform RCCAs.
- You will review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
- You will contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
- You will triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analysing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations and quality.
- You will mentor and coach junior engineers, providing guidance on technical challenges and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
- Bachelor s degree or equivalent practical experience. A Master s degree and above is a plus.
- 6+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (Java Must), and with data structures/algorithms.
- 3+ years of experience with software design and architecture.
- Kubernetes internals, Cluster Management experience is must.
- Experience managing large scale distributed systems is a plus.
What is the leadership like for this roleWhat is the structure and culture of the team like
