Senior Engineer, Cloud Applications Software
Company: NetApp
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: September 20, 2024
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Job Description:
About NetApp NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure
company, turning a world of disruption into opportunity for every
customer. No matter the data type, workload or environment, we help
our customers identify and realize new business possibilities. And
it all starts with our people.
If this sounds like something you want to be part of, NetApp is the
place for you. You can help bring new ideas to life, approaching
each challenge with fresh eyes. We embrace diversity and openness
because it's in our DNA. Of course, you won't be doing it alone. At
NetApp, we're all about asking for help when we need it,
collaborating with others, and partnering across the organization -
and beyond.
"At NetApp, we fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive
global workforce with a culture of belonging that leverages the
backgrounds and perspectives of all employees, customers, partners,
and communities to foster a higher performing organization."-George
Kurian, CEO
Job Summary
We are looking for a Distinguished Engineer (DE) reporting into
Cloud Business Unit SVP&GM. Someone in this role will get the
opportunity to work on building and scaling NetApp architecture and
experience across all three major cloud services - Amazon Web
Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud as NetApp storage is
first party integrated into all these three cloud providers.--
This is a technical leadership role which will require
collaborating with other technical leaders and software engineers
across NetApp to drive innovation, engineering excellence, and
designing scalable architectures. It is expected that someone in
this role will work on most complex engineering problems in space
of service fundamentals (availability, reliability, performance,
and scalability), developer velocity (CD/CI, modern canary, and
real user telemetry-based testing) and designing fault tolerant,
highly available and low latency control plane architectures. To
earn the respect of the NetApp software engineering community and
to keep their tools sharp, Distinguished Engineers (Des) at NetApp
are hands-on practitioners, not consultants. So, it is expected
that someone in this role should be able to code and serve as role
model for the NetApp technical community. It is expected the person
in the role will devote 40% or more of their time in producing
artifacts, such as vision statements, design documents, and source
code.
Prior experience working as a principal or senior principal
engineer in one or more high scale, geo distributed applications or
services built on either of the major cloud providers will be
highly preferred. Prior experience working on storage systems is
preferred but not mandatory.--
Key Responsibilities
Lead the definition, design, architecture quality, implementation,
and delivery of the most advanced, most difficult, most
cross-cutting, and/or most ambiguous challenges spanning across the
Cloud business unit.
Operate with independence and act as force multipliers to the
benefit of the company, delivering on its most complex
challenges.
Foster a culture of learning and experimentation, and advocate for
best engineering, QA, and Operational practices for the entire
business unit.
Serve as a technical leader on demanding, cross-functional
engineering projects. The expectation will be to functionally
decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions
and fully understand system interdependencies and limitation.
Understand not just the technical and product capabilities but the
nuances of the NetApp cloud business and help to understand and
balance conflicting stakeholder objectives, while simultaneously
building trust and demonstrating empathy with customers' needs.
Architect and build modern CD/CI infrastructure which works all the
time for several hundred developers working on multitude of
interconnected software deployment pipelines.
Architect and design modern, cloud native QA framework and
components.
Assist in the career development of others, actively coach and
mentor other senior and principal engineers on advanced technical
issues.--
Contribute to building intellectual property through patents.
Job Requirements
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience as software engineer.
-4+ years hands-on experience as a senior Principal Engineer
leading multiple software engineering teams.
- Expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system
architecture, and engineering best practices.
- Expert in designing and building large-scale systems in a
multi-tiered, distributed environment (Service Oriented
Architecture).
- Extensive experience building fault tolerant and high scale
distributed architecture on one of the major cloud providers.
- Extensive experience of cloud native application or services
operations, data management, migration, and security.
- Excellent communication and writing skills, with the ability to
effectively engage with customers, stakeholders, and the
engineering community.
- Proactive and self-driven, with the ability to work independently
and take ownership of initiatives.
- Experience operating and troubleshooting reliable, scalable
software systems.
- Experience building fully automated testing frameworks from code
check-in to deployment.
- Proficient in at least one modern programming language such as
Java, Typescript, Python, or Ruby.
- Prior experience building services or applications in
cloud-native architectures using either AWS, Azure, or Google
cloud.
- Experience with monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch,
Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar).
- Decent understanding of storage architectures, design patterns,
and best practices. Preferred will be experience with storage
technologies such as RAID, Volumes, Replication solutions.
Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field or
equivalent experience.
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Compensation
The base salary range for this position is [$294,200]-[$413,600]--
and will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications,
experience, and education. 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 (PTO), various Leave options,
Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or
restricted stocks (RSU's), with all offerings subject to regional
variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company
policies. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further
details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that
prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color,
gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,
religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected
veteran status, and any other protected classification.
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Why NetApp?
We are all about helping customers turn challenges into business
opportunity. It starts with bringing new thinking to age-old
problems, like how to use data most effectively to run better - but
also to innovate. We tailor our approach to the customer's unique
needs with a combination of fresh thinking and proven
approaches.
We enable a healthy work-life balance. Our volunteer time off
program is best in class, offering employees 40 hours of paid time
per year to volunteer with their favorite organizations. We provide
comprehensive medical, dental, wellness, and vision plans for you
and your family. We offer educational assistance, legal services,
and access to discounts. Finally, we provide financial savings
programs to help you plan for your future.
If you want to help us build knowledge and solve big problems,
let's talk.
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