Senior Software Engineer (Cloud / Distributed / Java / Python)

NetApp; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NetApp Instaclustr seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join our development team. You will contribute to an open-source platform that provisions and reliably runs thousands of distributed application servers worldwide, working in a collaborative environment across multiple teams.

Strong Java/SQL skills and a track record of delivering complex solutions are essential. We offer a hybrid work model in Bengaluru with opportunities to influence product direction, mentor peers, and grow technical

Qualifications

• 8+ years of commercial software development experience.
• Experience delivering complex technical solutions.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance the open-source platform used to provision and operate thousands of distributed application servers.
• Own end-to-end development lifecycle from requirements to deployment in production.
• Lead complex development initiatives and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve problems and apply DevOps best practices.

Skills

Java

SQL

Other language

Education

Bachelors or Masters in Engineering

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.

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

Our mission at NetApp Instaclustr (www.instaclustr.com) is to make it easy for customers around the globe to run powerful open-source applications at scale - like Cassandra, Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Cadence, and ClickHouse, across both on-premises data-centres and in the cloud. The NetApp Instaclustr development team is responsible for building, maintaining and operating the platform that allows us to provision and reliably keep thousands of distributed application servers running worldwide.

Are you passionate about open-source technologies or solving distributed computing problems at scale? Do you love learning and working with a diverse range of technologies and people? We’re looking for a collaborative and curious Senior Software Engineer to join our development team at NetApp Instaclustr (www.instaclustr.com).

Job Requirements

• 8 or more years of commercial experience regularly delivering quality software and overcoming technical challenges.
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex technical solutions.
• Proficiency in Java, SQL and at least one other modern programming language - and openness to learning more.
• Strong communication skills and a humble and collaborative nature - essential for working harmoniously with multiple teams.
• A curious mindset with a keen interest in how your work will positively impact customers.
• Eagerness to tackle new challenges and continuously grow you and your team’s software engineering skills.

Responsibilities

• Work within a development team of 3-8 engineers, to build, maintain, and enhance our open-source application platform, which takes care of the whole lifecycle: provisioning infrastructure, installing applications and, most importantly, keeping the applications running reliably in production.
• Take end-to-end ownership of the whole development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing and deployment through to our production environments.
• Lead the design and implementation of the more complex development initiatives
• Mentor junior engineers within your team, assisting with developing their skills
• Collaborate with other development teams, operations teams and product managers to solve complex problems.
• Apply DevOps best practices as part of a global team that operates 24x7.

Education

Minimum of 8 years of related experience with Bachelors or Masters in Engineering.

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.

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.