Principal Software Engineer

NetApp is uniquely placed in the industry and in a unique position partnering with major hyper scalers (AWS, GCP and Azure) which adds a new challenge for Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) driving innovation in the space of Cloud Fundamentals. The role involves leading complex software engineering projects in cloud storage, serving as a technical leader, and influencing cross-functional teams to build best-in-class SaaS applications.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design, architecture, implementation, and delivery of complex software engineering projects in the cloud storage service organization
• Serve as a technical leader on demanding, cross-functional engineering projects
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions and fully understand system interdependencies and limitation
• Understand NetApp’s existing systems, their interdependencies, and limitations
• Possess expert knowledge in modern cloud architectures, microservices architecture, full stack development, Kubernetes, Golang/C# or another major object-oriented programming language, performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices
• Influence multiple internal teams and external partners without authority and with strong empathy. (This is an IC role)
• Writing/reviewing code, assist in the career development of others, actively coach and mentor other senior engineers on advanced technical issues
• Contribute to building intellectual property through patents

Requirements:

• 15+ years of experience in software/systems engineering
• 5+ years of experience delivering SaaS solutions in one of the major cloud providers
• 5+ years of experience in data management/migration systems & storage platforms for managing and storing data across various environments
• 5+ years of expert-level hands-on experience in highly scalable cloud architectures, including service-oriented architectures, cloud-native (FAAS, PAAS), and cloud storage services (NOSQL and relational DB, etc.)
• 5+ Experience with Filesystems, or file/cloud storage protocols. Experience in NFS/SMB/iSCSI protocols
• Excellent experience building fault-tolerant and high-scale distributed architecture on one of the major cloud providers
• Proactive and self-driven, with strong technical judgment and influential skills
• Ability to influence Directors, VPs, and SVP as critical technical advisers
• Expertise in providing both architectural guidance and detailed technical direction
• Excellent communication and writing skills, with the ability to effectively engage with customers, stakeholders, and the engineering community
• Possess expert knowledge in modern cloud architectures, microservices architecture, full stack development, Kubernetes, Golang/C# or another major object-oriented programming language, performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices
• Master's degree in technical field such as engineering, software development, preferred with less additional experience stated above