Storage Systems Engineer – Core OS & Performance

NetApp; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

NetApp is hiring experienced Systems Software Engineers to contribute to core storage and data management technologies across ONTAP and related NetApp products. You will work on filesystems, distributed systems, and performance optimization, across multiple teams and levels.

The role focuses on designing, implementing, and profiling high-quality C/C++ code, debugging complex issues, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade storage solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in C/C++ for systems-level development.
• Understanding data structures, algorithms, memory management, and concurrency.
• Experience with Unix/Linux systems programming.
• Experience with filesystems, storage systems, networking/protocol stacks, distributed systems, high-availability architectures.
• Strong debugging and performance analysis skills (gdb, perf, tracing, profiling tools).
• Ability to write maintainable, well-documented code.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance features within ONTAP and related NetApp storage systems.
• Write high-quality C/C++ code that is efficient, reliable, and maintainable.
• Analyze and improve existing code paths for performance, scalability, and correctness.
• Debug complex issues using system-level tools, logs, tracing, and profiling.
• Collaborate across engineering teams, including filesystem, protocol, cloud, hardware, and QA.
• Participate in design and code reviews, contributing to engineering best practices.
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
• Support prototyping, research, and feasibility analysis for new ideas and features.
• Communicate design decisions, technical findings, and progress clearly with peers.
• Use AI-assisted tools to accelerate design, development, testing, and troubleshooting.

Skills

C/C++

Unix/Linux

Distributed systems

Debugging

Education

CS/CE degree

Job description

NetApp is hiring experienced Systems Software Engineers to contribute to core storage and data management technologies across ONTAP and related NetApp products. You will work on filesystems, distributed systems, and performance optimization, across multiple teams and levels.

The role focuses on designing, implementing, and profiling high-quality C/C++ code, debugging complex issues, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade storage solutions.