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 Principal Software Engineer will own and drive the architecture and technical direction for complex cloud-native services, while coaching and mentoring engineers to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the architecture and technical direction for complex cloud-native services, while remaining hands-on by making meaningful code contributions (design, implementation, reviews, and quality). Ensure solutions meet performance, scale, reliability, and enterprise-readiness requirements through validation and qualification
• You ideate and work to solve complex customer problems and thereby contributing to intellectual property
• Coach and mentor engineers across the team (including new hires and early-in-career talent) through design guidance, code reviews, and pairing, raising the bar on engineering excellence and execution
• As part of a larger team, you are required to work closely with team members and leadership in ensuring the overall team objectives are met as ONE team. Your partnership with other team members will be crucial to success of all customer deliverables

Requirements:

• 12+ years of industry experience in software development
• 5+ years of experience in data management/migration systems & storage platforms for managing and storing data across various workloads and environments
• 3+ years of expert level hands-on experience in fault tolerant, highly scalable cloud architectures including service-oriented architectures, cloud-native (FAAS, PAAS), and cloud storage services with at least one hyper scaler (Azure, AWS, GCP)
• Proficiency with Filesystems, or file/cloud storage protocols. Experience in NFS/SMB/iSCSI protocols
• Proficiency in Programming languages like C, C++, Golang, Node.js, Python
• Experience with docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, CI build systems and Automated Testing
• Proactive and self-driven, with strong technical judgment and influential skills
• Expertise to provide 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
• Bachelor's degree in technical area of study: engineering disciplines
• IC - Typically requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience. Mgr & Exec - Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of related experience
• Master's degree in technical field such as engineering, software development, preferred with less additional experience stated above