Staff Software Engineer (C/Kernel/System Programming)

NetApp; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

NetApp, a leader in intelligent data infrastructure, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver storage and cloud services. You will lead feature development, mentor teammates, and shape architecture for high-performance systems.

You should be proficient in C/C++, comfortable with kernel-level work, and have experience with filesystems and cloud/storage protocols. Prior ONTAP experience is a plus; hybrid working model offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on coding and industry experience in storage or cloud platforms.
• Strong leadership abilities and mentoring experience.
• Proficiency in C/C++ with exposure to kernel or filesystem work.

Responsibilities

• Lead to deliver features across the full software lifecycle.
• Collaborate in product design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Architect and implement managed Cloud Services per requirements.
• Mentor junior team members and participate in interviews.
• Improve system performance, availability, and reliability.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Data structures

Kernel programming

Filesystems

Cloud storage

Networking

Agile

Leadership

Education

B.E./B.Tech or M.S in Computer Science

12+ years of experience

5+ years in technical leadership

Tools

ONTAP

Linux

Cloud platforms

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

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

As a Senior Engineer, your responsibilities will include developing and maintaining Software defined Storage solutions. You will focus on solving complex problems, developing, testing, automating and collaborating with the Software Engineering team to deploy features in a production environment. Additionally, you will be responsible for designing and implementing managed Cloud Services based on given requirements. We expect you to have excellent coding skills and take a lead role in designing and implementing managed Cloud Services.

Prior experience in Filesystems would be an added advantage, and you should also have the ability to quickly learn existing code and architecture.

• Lead to deliver features, including participating in the full software development lifecycle.
• Participate in product design, development, verification, troubleshooting, and delivery of a system or major subsystems, including authoring project specifications.
• Excellent Problem solver, proficient coder and a designer.
• Thorough understanding and extensive experience with Block/File technologies having hands-on experience in designing and developing software solutions.
• Proficient with any of the languages C, C++, and good to have Python.
• Strong in Data Structure and algorithms.
• System/Kernel programming, Experience with Filesystems or Networking or file/cloud protocols is a must.
• Experience with ONTAP or similar storage operating systems
• Familiarity with agile software development practices
• Continuously monitor, analyse, and measure system health, availability, and latency using native tooling. Develop and implement steps to improve system and application performance, availability, and reliability.
• Knowledge of infrastructure like hypervisor, Cloud Storage and experience with cloud services including Databases, Caching, Object and Block Storage, Scaling, Monitoring, Load Balancers etc. is added advantage.
• Mentor junior members, participate in interviews, and contribute to building high-performance teams.
• Work on development, bug fixes/updates, spec updates, customer RCAs and automation.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Engage in incident management processes to resolve production issues within agreed SLAs/SLOs.

Education

• B.E/B.Tech or M.S in Computer Science or related technical field
• 12+ years of experience and must be hands-on with coding
• 5+ years in technical leadership positions

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.