Sr. Software Engineer (Systems Engineering, C/C++)

NetApp; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Retirement or Pension Plans

Paid Time Off

Performance-Based Incentives

Employee stock purchase plan

Restricted stocks (RSU’s)

Job summary

NetApp in San Jose leads the design and development of scalable infrastructure components across storage, networking, and virtualization layers. The role will drive the technical direction for cloud-native storage services and mentor engineers to scale organizational capability.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in systems software engineering, expert C/C++, Python, and deep knowledge of Linux internals, distributed systems, and virtualization stacks like KVM/QEMU.

Qualifications

• Requires 12+ years of experience in systems software engineering.
• Expert-level proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
• Deep expertise in Linux internals, distributed systems, and virtualization stacks like KVM/QEMU.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of scalable, high-performance infrastructure components across storage, networking, and virtualization layers.
• Drive the technical direction for cloud-native storage services.
• Mentor engineers to scale organizational capability.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Linux Kernel

Distributed Systems

Virtualization

KVM/QEMU

Storage Architecture

Cloud Infrastructure

Networking Infrastructure

Systems Engineering

Performance Optimization

Software-Defined Storage

Hypervisors

Concurrency

Memory Management

Technical Leadership

Job description

Lead the design and development of scalable, high-performance infrastructure components across storage, networking, and virtualization layers. Drive the technical direction for cloud-native storage services and mentor engineers to scale organizational capability.

Requirements

Requires over 12 years of experience in systems software engineering with expert-level proficiency in C/C++ and Python. Candidates must have deep expertise in Linux internals, distributed systems, and virtualization stacks like KVM/QEMU.

Key Skills

• C/C++
• Python
• Linux Kernel
• Distributed Systems
• Virtualization
• KVM/QEMU
• Storage Architecture
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Networking Infrastructure
• Systems Engineering
• Performance Optimization
• Software-Defined Storage
• Hypervisors
• Concurrency
• Memory Management
• Technical Leadership

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Retirement or Pension Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Performance-Based Incentives
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Restricted stocks (RSU’s)