Senior Cloud & Software-Defined Storage Engineer

NetApp, Inc.

Morrisville (NC)

Hybrid

USD 170,000 - 253,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k / Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

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Paid Time Off

Job summary

NetApp, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for the Cloud Platforms group to help build cloud-native infrastructure, software-defined storage, and virtualization platforms powering enterprise data management across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI.

You will design and implement components across storage services, virtualization stacks, Linux systems software, and distributed services while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to drive technical execution and reliability.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience in systems software engineering, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or storage platform development.
Strong programming expertise in C/C++ and Python.
Deep understanding of operating systems internals, concurrency, memory management, performance optimization, and systems-level debugging.
Hands-on experience with software-defined storage systems, distributed storage platforms, or enterprise infrastructure software.
Strong experience with virtualization technologies including KVM/QEMU, libvirt, virtio, and virtualized networking/storage infrastructure.
Experience developing or troubleshooting storage and networking subsystems, kernel modules, or device drivers.
Strong knowledge of storage technologies and protocols such as NVMe, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS, S3, or distributed block/object/file storage systems.
Hands-on operational experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI infrastructure environments.
Experience with CI/CD systems, automation frameworks, observability, and infrastructure-as-code tools.
Strong analytical, debugging, and performance tuning skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence technical discussions across teams.
Ability to independently resolve most technical blockers while escalating major risks proactively.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and optimize components across the software-defined storage and virtualization stack, including storage services, virtual networking, Linux system services, and distributed infrastructure components.
Contribute to sizable portions of the product across multiple technical areas and projects involving storage, networking, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure.
Develop and maintain Linux user-space and kernel-space software related to storage subsystems, networking stacks, virtualization, and infrastructure services.
Work with virtualization technologies including KVM/QEMU, libvirt, virtio, virtual networking, and storage virtualization frameworks.
Debug and resolve complex system-level issues involving compute, storage, networking, virtualization, and distributed systems interactions.
Apply advanced technical knowledge and judgment to evaluate architectural tradeoffs, scalability considerations, and operational reliability.
Drive technical solutions independently while proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and escalation points.
Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, support, and cloud partner teams to deliver robust infrastructure capabilities.
Mentor junior engineers, participate in code and design reviews, and contribute to engineering best practices.
Participate in all phases of the product lifecycle including architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, operational support, and customer issue resolution.