Software Engineer

NetApp; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Pension Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

NetApp Vancouver is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help advance StorageGRID object storage and AI data lake challenges. You’ll design, implement, and optimize cloud storage services, with emphasis on scalable, reliable code and automated testing.

Join a collaborative, hybrid team in a culture that values curiosity, creativity, and impact—from development to deployment, you’ll mentor peers and contribute to high-performance distributed systems in a fast-growing data infrastructure company.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years hands-on development experience.
• C++ required; also Go, Ruby, Python or Java.
• OO design, network programming, HTTP, AWS S3 and file systems.
• Cassandra/NoSQL or SQL databases
• Large-scale distributed systems, HPC
• Linux and containers
• Agile, TDD, and continuous integration

Responsibilities

• Design and architect major systems and features.
• Implement, unit test, debug, verify production systems and features.
• Improve performance, reliability, availability and serviceability.
• Mentor, influence and collaborate with peer and junior engineers.
• Support inter-dependent development and testing activities

Skills

C++

Go

Ruby

Python

Java

OO design

Networking

HTTP

AWS S3

File systems

Linux

Containers

Agile

TDD

Education

BSc in CS/EE or higher

Tools

Cassandra/NoSQL

SQL databases

Job description

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you\'ll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you\'re ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

NetApp is pioneering the development of StorageGRID object storage – AWS cloud compatible software powering the exponential growth in AI data lakes. As a Software Engineer - Senior, this is your chance to work alongside a group of talented developers, impart your vision, and rapidly launch the latest cloud storage software. Your incredible testing and automation skills will create opportunities to contribute clean code. Naturally, you are as comfortable solving our customer’s AI data lake challenges by writing new code as you are improving productivity by refactoring. You are opinionated while flexible and know when to adopt new technologies.

We are true believers of Agile development and have been on the journey for many years. Since you maintain supreme levels of communication with your peers, we won’t inundate you with process and documentation as you work in our flexible hybrid work-from-home/office model.

At NetApp Vancouver we believe work should be balanced with connection, wellness, and a little fun. You’ll find us gathering for biweekly donut and bagel mornings and celebrating a wide range of holidays from Diwali and Lunar New Year to Pie Day and National Refreshment Day. We take every opportunity to enjoy each other’s company at monthly Happy Hours with plenty of food and drinks including kombucha on tap from our in-house keg! In the summer months, we host frequent 5k runs and in the cooler weather we let our creativity spark with engaging indoor activities. Become a coffee aficionado in our espresso-fueled coffee club and give back to your community with 40 hours of company paid volunteering!

Throughout the world, leading organizations count on NetApp to manage and store their data. From the edge of human endurance in Formula One auto racing to the edge of the universe with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, we help our customers do things they couldn’t before—at speeds you never thought possible.

Job Requirements

• A minimum of 5-8 years of hands-on development experience
• C++; required additionally: Go, Ruby, Python or Java
• OO design, network programming, HTTP, AWS S3 and file systems
• Cassandra/CQL/NoSQL or SQL databases
• Large-scale distributed systems, HPC
• Linux and containers
• Agile, TDD, and continuous integration

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect major systems and features
• Implement, unit test, debug, verify production systems and features
• Improve performance, reliability, availability and serviceability
• Mentor, influence and collaborate with peer and junior engineers
• Support inter-dependent development and testing activities

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, a Master’s Degree, or a PhD; or equivalent experience is required

The target salary range for this position is 150,450 - 194,700 CAD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate\'s location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off (PTO), various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s), with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You\'ll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won\'t wait for the perfect moment—you\'ll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That\'s how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

If you\'re ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one.

Submitting an Application

To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.