About the role

Are you interested in joining a group of highly talented engineers working on a open source project that is solving challenging problems across big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence? As customers continuously push the envelope for ways to extract value from data, Alluxio is driving innovation in data access and management for large scale distributed systems. Alluxio (a.k.a Tachyon Nexus) a project from AMPLab like Apache Spark and Mesos is charging full steam to help customers navigate the digital transformation. . The Alluxio team includes leaders, innovators, explorers, and risk-takers with extensive industry experience from top tech companies including Google, Palantir and VMWare and alumni from top computer science programs including CMU, Stanford and UC Berkeley. The company is backed by Andreessen-Horowitz and has been named as top 10 hot startups for 2018.

As a distributed systems engineer at Alluxio you will be responsible for evolving the state-of-the-art Alluxio ( also knows as Tachyon Nexus earlier) project. The work would involve solving challenging problems in the area of Distributed Data Services, Memory and data structure efficiency, Thread concurrency and locking optimizations, process coordination

and caching policies and implementation. The role would include developing innovative solutions for scaling systems to thousands of node and providing Data Durability and High Availability.

Skills & Tags

node go machine learning ai data analytics

Aplyr's read

Alluxio specializes in data orchestration, enabling seamless data access across diverse storage systems. Ideal for engineers skilled in distributed systems and cloud environments.
Synthesized from recent postings & public sources

What's promising

•Alluxio's platform supports seamless data access across multiple storage systems, enhancing data processing efficiency.
•The company is expanding its engineering team, particularly in distributed systems, indicating growth and innovation.
•Alluxio's focus on cloud environments aligns with industry trends towards cloud-native solutions.

What to watch

•Limited public information about Alluxio's financial stability and long-term viability.
•The niche focus on data orchestration may limit broader market opportunities.
•Potential challenges in integrating with diverse and evolving storage technologies.

Why Alluxio

•Alluxio offers a unified data orchestration layer that is rare among competitors.
•The company has a strong presence in China, with multiple roles based in Beijing and Shanghai.
•Alluxio's open-source roots provide transparency and community-driven innovation.

Aplyr’s read is generated by AI from public sources. Was it useful?

About Alluxio

Alluxio

alluxio.io

View company

Alluxio is a data orchestration platform that enables organizations to unify data across various storage systems and cloud environments, providing a seamless experience for data access and processing.