Alibaba Group-Software Engineer-Seattle Jobs

We are looking for software engineers who participate in developing our next-generation cloud file storage service.

This is a hands-on position where you will be asked to do everything from building rock-solid components to formulate strategy and evangelize technology, provide training and support for our supported technologies. Below are some of the responsibilities you will have:

‧Design, developing and testing large-scale cloud file storage services;

‧Large-scale file system deployment, management, monitoring, and diagnosis;

‧Creating innovative solutions toward system scalability, reliability, and availability problems;

‧Creating innovative solutions to tackle the engineering challenges of very complex distributed system software.

If you are a talented and motivated engineer looking for a growth opportunity to make a huge impact in shaping the cloud computing, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for. Alibaba cloud, as one of the top public cloud providers, we are looking for top engineers to reshape the datacenter, deliver innovative cloud services, and to globalize our services to become one of the world's largest cloud infrastructures.

Qualifications

Minimum qualification:

- Master degree with major in computer science, especially in distributed system research area.

- Proficiency in C/C++ programming, experience with Python or other scripting languages.

- Familiar with commonly used algorithms, data structures, network programming and multi-threaded programming.

- Excellent communication skills. Highly independent, open-minded and collaborative.

- Creative, willing to face challenges and responsible.

- Team work spirit: honest, diligent, and rigorous.

Preferred qualification:

- Hands-on and seasoned experience in development of cloud infrastructures;

- Deep knowledge to the internals of open source systems such as Linux, HBase,Cassandra, Hadoop, Kubernetes, and so on;

- Experience in distributed computing environments such as MPI, Parameter Serve, TensorFlow, Caffe, PyTorch

- Development experience with Paxos, Raft and other fault-tolerant protocols.

- Passionate about technology, demonstrated ability to generate new ideas and innovations

- Deep collaboration with product team on interception and enabling

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $128,760 and $210,600/year. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Alibaba U.S. based full time regular employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and basic life insurance, and wellbeing benefits like FSA, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect. U.S. based employees are also eligible to receive up to 12 paid holidays, accrue up to 15 paid vacation days for this position, and receive up to 72 hours paid sick time (front-loaded) per calendar year.