Senior Software Engineer – Cloud-Native & Distributed

NetApp; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 170,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

NetApp is seeking a Software Engineer 4 to join our Engineering team. You will design, build, and ship high-quality software for our products and platform, owning features from architecture and implementation through testing, deployment, and operation.

You will work on distributed, cloud-native systems where performance, reliability, and security matter. As a senior technical contributor, you will mentor other engineers and influence technical direction across multiple teams while contributing

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming skills in Go, Python, Java, or C/C++.
• Experience building cloud-native and distributed systems, including containers (Docker) and Kubernetes.
• Solid grounding in software design, data structures, APIs, and testing strategies.
• Experience with Git workflows, including branching and merge strategies, pull request workflows, and code review best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence technical direction.
• Willingness to work on CI/CD and automation when the team's needs require it.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deliver features and services for our products and platform.
• Own technical designs end to end, from architecture and implementation through deployment and operations.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code, and set standards through code reviews and design discussions.
• Improve the performance, scalability, reliability, and security of our systems.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and influence direction across multiple teams.
• Mentor engineers and help grow engineering capability on the team.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, build and release automation, and developer tooling as needed, helping reduce manual work and speed up delivery.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related technical discipline

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

NetApp is seeking a Software Engineer 4 to join our Engineering team. You will design, build, and ship high-quality software for our products and platform, owning features from architecture and implementation through testing, deployment, and operation.

You will work on distributed, cloud-native systems where performance, reliability, and security matter. As a senior technical contributor, you will mentor other engineers and influence technical direction across multiple teams while contributing