Own Every Moment at NetApp At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.
Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.
Own the Kubernetes story for the world's #1 storage OS.
Trident was the first open-source, out-of-tree dynamic storage provisioner for Kubernetes. We shipped it before CSI was a spec. Today it's how thousands of teams run stateful workloads on NetApp, and it runs in production at some of the largest Kubernetes estates on the planet.
You'll set the architecture for persistent storage and data protection on Kubernetes at NetApp. That means real decisions with real consequences: how volumes behave under failure, what the snapshot and recovery story looks like across clouds, where we invest upstream and where we don't.
You'll be in the Go code, in design reviews, and on calls with customers who are running something hard and need it to work. And when we take a position in the CSI community or on a conference stage, you're the one taking it.
ONTAP manages hundreds of exabytes for more than 30,000 customers. Trident is the bridge between that and the cloud-native world, and the bridge is still being built. We build in the open, we argue about designs, and we ship. Lead architecture for Trident and the Kubernetes data services around it
Design and ship production Go, not just diagrams
Work directly with customers on escalations, requirements, and validation
Raise the bar on testing, debugging, and performance
Represent NetApp upstream and in the open-source community
10+ years building software, or equivalent demonstrated impact
~ Solid fundamentals in distributed systems, data structures, and systems design
~ Hands-on with at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
~ The ability to explain a design clearly to engineers, to PM, and to a frustrated customer
~ Comfort working in an Agile team
What helps
Open-source contributions in Kubernetes, CSI, or CNCF projects
Python for tooling, test, and automation
Data protection on Kubernetes: snapshots, clones, backup, DR
Experience with ONTAP or other enterprise and cloud-native storage platforms
Bachelor's degree in technical area of study: engineering disciplines
Master's degree in technical field such as engineering, software development, preferred with less additional experience stated above
The target salary range for this position is $227,800-338,000. 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. At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.
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.
That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.
NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.
We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Submitting an Application
To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.
For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection.
Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.
Own the Kubernetes story for the world's #1 storage OS.
Trident was the first open-source, out-of-tree dynamic storage provisioner for Kubernetes. We shipped it before CSI was a spec. Today it's how thousands of teams run stateful workloads on NetApp, and it runs in production at some of the largest Kubernetes estates on the planet.
You'll set the architecture for persistent storage and data protection on Kubernetes at NetApp. That means real decisions with real consequences: how volumes behave under failure, what the snapshot and recovery story looks like across clouds, where we invest upstream and where we don't.
You'll be in the Go code, in design reviews, and on calls with customers who are running something hard and need it to work. And when we take a position in the CSI community or on a conference stage, you're the one taking it.
ONTAP manages hundreds of exabytes for more than 30,000 customers. Trident is the bridge between that and the cloud-native world, and the bridge is still being built. We build in the open, we argue about designs, and we ship. Lead architecture for Trident and the Kubernetes data services around it
Design and ship production Go, not just diagrams
Work directly with customers on escalations, requirements, and validation
Raise the bar on testing, debugging, and performance
Represent NetApp upstream and in the open-source community
10+ years building software, or equivalent demonstrated impact
~ Solid fundamentals in distributed systems, data structures, and systems design
~ Hands-on with at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
~ The ability to explain a design clearly to engineers, to PM, and to a frustrated customer
~ Comfort working in an Agile team
What helps
Open-source contributions in Kubernetes, CSI, or CNCF projects
Python for tooling, test, and automation
Data protection on Kubernetes: snapshots, clones, backup, DR
Experience with ONTAP or other enterprise and cloud-native storage platforms
Bachelor's degree in technical area of study: engineering disciplines
Master's degree in technical field such as engineering, software development, preferred with less additional experience stated above
The target salary range for this position is $227,800-338,000. 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. At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.
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.
That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.
NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.
We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Submitting an Application
To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.
For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection.
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