Software Engineer Core Systems and Storage Roles (Multiple Individual Contributor Levels)
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Job Location:
San Jose, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 120000 - 280000
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Summary
We are hiring experienced Systems Software Engineers across multiple NetApp engineering organizations. This pipeline posting is designed to attract strong C/C systems-level engineers who can contribute to core storage and data management technologies across ONTAP and other NetApp products. Candidates will be considered for roles on several teams including ONTAP WAFL Replication/HA Protocols (NFS/SMB/SAN/NVMe) Distributed Systems Cloud Platforms and Performance Engineering.
Engineers in these roles design build and optimize foundational components of NetApps storage stack. You will work on real-world problems involving filesystems storage internals distributed systems performance scalability reliability and data integrity. Work may include developing new features enhancing subsystems analyzing complex code paths improving throughput and latency debugging customer issues or driving proofs of concept. You will collaborate with senior engineers product teams hardware teams and cloud engineering groups to deliver high-quality software used globally by enterprise customers.
This posting can support multiple levels (3 4 and 5). Team and level placement will be determined during the interview process based on experience technical depth and demonstrated capabilities.
Job Requirements
Core Responsibilities (All Levels)
- 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
LevelSpecific Requirements
- Software Engineer 3 (58 years)
- Owns well-defined components or features
- Implements end-to-end functionality with guidance
- Performs profiling debugging and testing across subsystems
- Contributes to design discussions and supports cross-team integration
- Ramps quickly on ONTAP WAFL protocols or storage technologies
- Software Engineer 4 (915 years)
- Designs and owns complex subsystems or multi-sprint epics
- Drives cross-team delivery with minimal supervision
- Mentors junior and mid-level engineers
- Leads deep-dive debugging and performance analysis
- Improves reliability observability and architecture patterns
- Software Engineer 5 (1216 years)
- Leads major technical initiatives across teams or product line
- Defines long-term architectural direction and technical strategy
- Resolves highly complex system-wide issues in performance data integrity HA scale or protocols
- Mentors senior engineers and influences engineering culture
- Demonstrates deep domain expertise in filesystems operating systems HA/replication or distributed systems
Qualifications
Required Technical Qualifications
- Strong proficiency in C/C for systems-level development
- Understanding of data structures algorithms memory management and concurrency
- Experience with Unix/Linux systems programming
- Experience with one or more: 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
Qualifications that make you stand out:
- Experience with ONTAP WAFL or similar storage operating systems
- Experience with NFS SMB SAN (iSCSI/FC) NVMe/TCP NVMe-oF
- Experience with replication clustering HA or consistency protocols
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP OCI)
- Exposure to kernel subsystems VFS IO schedulers caching or media management
- Experience with distributed systems design and large-scale performance tuning
- Knowledge of CI/CD test automation and modern development practices
Education
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related field
- Equivalent practical experience considered
Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is $120000 - $280000. The salary offered will be determined by the candidates location qualifications experience and education and may be outside of this range. The range is based on On Target Earnings (OTE) representing the total potential earnings which is the sum of the base salary and potential commission earned when performance targets are achieved. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards reflecting a variety of factors and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance Life Insurance Retirement or Pension Plans Paid Time Off various Leave options employee stock purchase plan and/or restricted stocks (RSUs). These offerings are subject to regional variations and governed by local laws regulations and company policies. We will provide detailed information about the specific benefits for your region during the recruitment process.
Required Experience:
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