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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Software Engineer - **Company:** NetApp, Inc. - **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $220,000.0 - $265,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Storage, Data Migration, File Systems, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Internet Small Computer System Interface (ISCSI), Python (Programming Language), NetApp Applications, Node.Js, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Software Engineering, TypeScript, Google Cloud, ReactJS, Cloudformation, Containerization, AngularJS, Kubernetes, Data Analytics, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Docker, Golang - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/o85b3s08ob ## About the Role Experience Requirements * 12+ years in software development. * 5+ years hands-on with fault-tolerant, highly scalable cloud architectures, including service-oriented and cloud-native services (FaaS, PaaS) on at least one hyperscaler (AWS, Azure, or GCP)., * Ability to build end to end system on major initiatives. * Design distributed systems, cloud-native products and scale them to production. * Proactive and self-driven, with strong technical judgment. * Expertise in providing detailed design while contributing to implementation, design and code reviews. * Make high-quality day to day technical decisions under ambiguity, trading off performance, maintainability, cost, and time-to-market, and choosing a path the team can execute. * Strong experience in one or more of Node.js, Python, Java, Go, or Rust. Front-end experience (TypeScript, React or Angular) is a plus. * Work effectively across engineering, product, and leadership * Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage with customers, stakeholders, and the engineering community. Preferred Experience * Preference for experience in designing data analytics, data migration systems & storage platforms. * Preference for experience with filesystems, or file/cloud storage protocols. Experience in NFS/SMB/iSCSI protocols. * Built developer-facing products, APIs, or SDKs used by external customers at scale. * Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure code (Terraform, CloudFormation). * Prior experience as a technical lead in a high-performance engineering organization. Education * 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 ## Description 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 driving innovation in the space of Service Fundamentals. Cloud Storage team is embarking on a new charter to address these challenges for Cloud native applications, of simplifying customer operations and being a key differentiator. Bring in your experience and expertise for the new frontier, to build best in class SaaS applications, woven with architecture and design that are deployed across multiple hyper scalers. This is an opportunity to challenge yourself with cutting-edge technologies and thrive. As a Staff Engineer in NetApp's Cloud Storage organization, you will lead and execute our most challenging and complex projects. You will have an opportunity to work on AWS, Azure and GCP and use cutting edge technology to provide innovative solutions. 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