Senior Cloud Storage Engineer — Scale SaaS Across Clouds

NetApp; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Hybrid work environment

Employee stock purchase plan

Restricted stock units (RSUs)

Performance-based incentives

PTO and leave options

Job summary

NetApp in California is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead and execute our most challenging cloud storage initiatives, partnering with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to deliver scalable SaaS applications.

You will decompose problems, architect distributed cloud-native systems, and drive design reviews across engineering, product, and leadership while ensuring performance, security, and quality.

This role offers a hybrid work environment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Build end-to-end systems on major initiatives.
• Design distributed, cloud-native products at scale.
• Proactive, self-driven with strong technical judgment.
• Provide detailed design and contribute to reviews.
• Make high-quality technical decisions under ambiguity, balancing performance, maintainability, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute our most challenging cloud storage projects.
• Decompose problems and drive architecture across AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Collaborate with product and leadership across teams.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and security in production.
• Guide implementation with best practices and testing methods.

Skills

Cloud architectures

Fault-tolerant systems

Distributed systems

Service-oriented architecture

Node.js

Python

Java

Go

Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

NetApp in California is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead and execute our most challenging cloud storage initiatives, partnering with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud to deliver scalable SaaS applications.

You will decompose problems, architect distributed cloud-native systems, and drive design reviews across engineering, product, and leadership while ensuring performance, security, and quality.

This role offers a hybrid work environment and a comprehensive benefits package.