Senior AI Platform Architect (Principal Engineer)

NetApp; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 228,000 - 339,000; Full time

Job summary

NetApp is seeking a Principal Engineer to set the technical direction for the Active IQ platform, defining architecture and engineering approaches for AI, agentic AI, and automation to turn telemetry into actionable customer intelligence. This senior individual contributor role operates as the top technical authority across Active IQ teams.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design and SRE, and drive architecture that scales across cloud services while ensuring reliability and

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field; MS/PhD preferred.
• 15+ years in high-tech with senior technical leadership.
• Experience designing AI/ML systems in production.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own multi-year technical vision and target architecture for Active IQ.
• Architect and deliver agentic AI and ML systems at fleet scale.
• Lead design and code reviews for high-risk components.
• Establish engineering standards and practices across teams.
• Evaluate emerging AI/cloud tech and run proofs of concept.

Skills

Agentic AI

LangGraph

LangChain

Kafka

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

Docker

Python

Generative AI

Distributed systems

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

MS or PhD preferred

Tools

MongoDB

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Dynatrace

Splunk

Kafka

APIs & integration

Job description

NetApp is seeking a Principal Engineer to set the technical direction for the Active IQ platform, defining architecture and engineering approaches for AI, agentic AI, and automation to turn telemetry into actionable customer intelligence. This senior individual contributor role operates as the top technical authority across Active IQ teams.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design and SRE, and drive architecture that scales across cloud services while ensuring reliability and