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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** NetApp, Inc.
- **Location:** Baltimore, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $220,000.0
- **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), Service-Oriented Architecture, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Software Technical Review, TypeScript, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Cloudformation, Containerization, AngularJS, Kubernetes, Front End Software Development, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/principal-software-engineer-baltimore-md--982f519d-e324-4b3b-885c-96d1fb32fefd

## About the Role

Software Engineering, NetApp Storage Systems, Service-Oriented Architecture (fka Distributed Object Architecture), GCP (Good Clinical Practices), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Windows Azure, Cloud Storage, Cloud Computing, Cloud Applications, Cloud Architecture, * Experience Requirements

 * 15+ years in software development.
 * 7+ 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 provide end to end architecture on major initiatives.
 * Design distributed systems, cloud-native products and scaled them to production.
 * Proactive and self-driven, with strong technical judgment and influential skills.
 * Expertise in providing detailed architecture and set technical direction while contributing to implementation, design and code reviews.
 * Make high-quality 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 Qualifications

 * Preference for experience in designing 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 as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
 * Built a new product end-to-end inside a large company.
 * Prior experience as a principal engineer or 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 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. 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. If you are someone who enjoys working on challenging system problems covering different areas of the tech stack, this might be the right opportunity for you!

As a Principal 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. You will be responsible for system architecture, decomposing complex problems into simple solutions, understanding system interdependencies and limitations, cloud architectures, performance, scalability, bringing engineering best practices, and testing methods to the team.