Key skills
Lustre development experienceLeadership in Lustre communityBuilding technical teamsCommercial file system productsTechnical communication skillsCollaboration with Product MarketingWriting technical papersMentoring technical talentLeadershipCommunication
About this role
NetApp is a leader in intelligent data infrastructure, delivering unified storage and integrated data services. They are seeking a highly experienced Lustre Technical Leader to establish and guide a new internal Lustre engineering team, focusing on building high-performance file system solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Own Every Moment at NetApp
- Collaborate with passionate teams
- Tackle real-world challenges
- See your impact in how customers transform and grow
- Establish, grow, and guide the new internal Lustre engineering team
- Build high-performance file system solutions
- Attract, recruit, and mentor Lustre developers and related technical talent
- Bring commercial file system products from concept through delivery
- Present technical concepts and industry trends to senior leadership
- Collaborate with Product Marketing to define and prioritize features and solutions
- Write concise technical papers on feature value, architecture, or competitive analysis
Requirements:
- 15+ years of hands‑on Lustre development experience with deep knowledge across the stack
- Recognized leadership and credibility within the Lustre community
- Demonstrated success in building and leading high‑performing technical teams
- Ability to attract, recruit, and mentor Lustre developers and related technical talent
- Experience bringing commercial file system products from concept through delivery
- Strong communication skills to present technical concepts and industry trends to senior leadership
- Ability to collaborate with Product Marketing to define and prioritize features and solutions
- Proficiency in writing concise technical papers (1–3 pages) on feature value, architecture, or competitive analysis
- Bachelors degree in Engineering