Lead Software Engineer - Cloud & Software Defined Storage (C++)

About the role

NetApp's Cloud Platforms organization is looking for a highly skilled Senior Software Development Engineer to join its Research and Development organization. The role contributes to software-defined storage, virtualization infrastructure, Linux systems software and cloud-native distributed services, working with cloud providers and engineering teams to design scalable, secure and high-performance infrastructure. It is based in Morrisville, NC.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimize components of the software-defined storage and virtualization stack, including storage services, virtual networking, Linux system services and distributed infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Linux user-space and kernel-space software for storage subsystems, networking stacks, virtualization and infrastructure services.
• Debug and resolve complex system-level issues involving compute, storage, networking, virtualization and distributed systems.
• Evaluate architectural tradeoffs, scalability and operational reliability, and drive technical solutions independently.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, support and cloud partner teams, and mentor junior engineers and take part in code and design reviews.
• Take part in all phases of the product lifecycle, from architecture and implementation to testing, deployment, operational support and customer issue resolution.

Required profile

• 8+ years of experience in systems software engineering, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems or storage platform development.
• Strong programming expertise in C/C++ and Python.
• Deep understanding of operating systems internals, concurrency, memory management, performance optimization and systems-level debugging.
• Hands-on experience with software-defined storage, distributed storage platforms or enterprise infrastructure software.
• Experience developing or troubleshooting storage and networking subsystems, kernel modules or device drivers.
• Hands-on operational experience with AWS, Azure, GCP or OCI environments.
• Experience with CI/CD systems, automation frameworks, observability and infrastructure-as-code tools.

Required skills

• Virtualization technologies: KVM/QEMU, libvirt, virtio, virtual networking and storage virtualization frameworks.
• Storage technologies and protocols such as NVMe, iSCSI, NFS, SMB/CIFS, S3 or distributed block/object/file storage systems.
• Preferred: enterprise storage operating systems such as ONTAP, cloud-native orchestration platforms, and scalability and reliability engineering experience.

The target salary range is 170,000 - 253,000 USD (OTE), depending on location, qualifications and experience. The company offers a hybrid working environment and a benefits package that may include health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off and equity; details are given during recruitment. Applications are submitted only through the company website.