Core Storage Systems Engineer - C/C++, Hybrid

NetApp; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Hybrid work environment

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

NetApp is hiring experienced Systems Software Engineers to contribute to core storage and data management across ONTAP and related products. Roles span multiple teams (ONTAP, WAFL, Replication/HA, Protocols), designing, building, and optimizing storage stack components.

Candidates will work on filesystems, high-availability, distributed systems, and performance tuning, collaborating with hardware and cloud teams to deliver enterprise-grade software.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ for systems-level development.
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, memory management, and concurrency.
• Experience with Unix/Linux systems programming.
• Experience with one or more: filesystems, storage systems, networking/protocol stacks, distributed systems, high-availability architectures.
• Strong debugging and performance analysis skills (gdb, perf, tracing, profiling tools).
• Ability to write maintainable, well‑documented code.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance features within ONTAP and related NetApp storage systems.
• Write high-quality C/C++ code that is efficient, reliable, and maintainable.
• Analyze and improve existing code paths for performance, scalability, and correctness.
• Debug complex issues using system-level tools, logs, tracing, and profiling.
• Collaborate across engineering teams, including filesystem, protocol, cloud, hardware, and QA.
• Participate in design and code reviews, contributing to engineering best practices.
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
• Support prototyping, research, and feasibility analysis for new ideas and features.
• Communicate design decisions, technical findings, and progress clearly with peers.
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate design, development, testing, and troubleshooting.

Skills

C/C++

Unix/Linux

Data structures

Algorithms

Debugging

Performance analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/CE

Tools

ONTAP

WAFL

NFS/SMB

Cloud platforms

Job description

NetApp is hiring experienced Systems Software Engineers to contribute to core storage and data management across ONTAP and related products. Roles span multiple teams (ONTAP, WAFL, Replication/HA, Protocols), designing, building, and optimizing storage stack components.

Candidates will work on filesystems, high-availability, distributed systems, and performance tuning, collaborating with hardware and cloud teams to deliver enterprise-grade software.