Principal Systems Software Engineer

What we're looking for:
YOU as a Principal Systems Software Engineer will have the opportunity to collaborate with the brightest engineering minds and work on cutting-edge technology like Data Engineering / Data Platform.

Position Overview:
Citrix ADC (Application Delivery Controller) team is on a mission to provide the best application delivery experience for various application architectures including the ones deployed on cloud-native infrastructure. 
This position is responsible for the Design and Development for Citrix ADC team, primarily on Data Platform / Engineering.

Roles, Responsibilities and Personal attributes:
Design and implement features/enhancements for Data Platform on ADC 
Self-starter - highly motivated and able to work productively with minimal guidance 
Strong team player with ability to deal with stress 
Should be able to prioritize tasks 
Should have the ability to deliver high quality software under aggressive release schedules
Should work collaboratively with multiple teams/engineers, and be willing to take on any engineering tasks that contribute to progress towards the goals of the team and of the company

Basic Qualifications:
BS/MS/PhD in CS/EC/EE or equivalent
Minimum of 11-14 years of proven Architecture, Design and Development experience in complex / Distributed Software Systems
Desired Skills:
Experience in Enterprise Data platform development, Data/Log generation/export/analysis 
Experience in developing and operating distributed systems
Design and implement features related to integration of various Cloud end points such as Prometheus, Elastic Search, etc.
Outstanding programming skills with at least one OOP ( preferably C++ ) ,  and/or Functional programming language ( Preferably C) , Python
Expertise in Data Structures and Algorithms
Good analytical and problem-solving skills , Debugging skills
Exposure to Networking concepts/fundamentals
Proficiency in Unix/Linux development platform
Experience with some of the key big data technologies: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Sqoop, Hive, Presto, Parquet, etc.
Experienced in ETL process such as setting up data points, data ingestion, data manipulation and data transformation.
Experience with database and other persistence storage (e.g. Postgres, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Redis, S3, HDFS , MySQL)

Preferred Skills
Experience in Containerization technologies like Docker, kubernetes
Experience with API Development: WS, RESTful, or SOAP/WSDL, etc.
Good understanding of Cloud technologies and hands-on development/deployment experience on AWS/Azure/GCP
Experience on Traffic Management / Server Load balancer is a strong plus
Exposure to Systems/Server software development, Multi-threaded programming
Experience with analytics technologies like  PySpark

About Us:

Cloud Software Group is one of the world's largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks.  Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.

Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.

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