Software Engineer

About the Role

NetApp's Azure NetApp Files (ANF) team is seeking highly motivated engineers to develop and operate cloud-scale distributed systems. This role involves contributing to storage, networking, cloud infrastructure, and user experience. It is a unified engineering role encompassing development, automated validation, performance, operational readiness, and service reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the functional, performance, and scalability of data plane rich with data management.
• Own features through the entire software lifecycle including design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Design, develop, and operate cloud-native services leveraging containers, microservices, distributed systems principles, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Drive engineering excellence through automated testing, code reviews, operational readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions spanning storage, networking, cloud infrastructure, security, observability, and customer-facing experiences.
• Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and code reviews to help drive technical excellence and engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term reliability, scalability, and operational improvements.
• Work closely with product management, architects, and partner teams to translate customer and business requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
• Effectively communicate technical concepts, design tradeoffs, and project status to stakeholders across the organization.
• Contribute to the technical growth of the team through knowledge sharing, code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship opportunities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with Python for test automation, validation frameworks, tooling, CI/CD integration, or operational automation.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs or service-to-service integrations.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating microservices-based applications using Kubernetes, containers, and modern CI/CD practices.
• Experience with software quality practices including automated testing, performance optimization, and security best practices.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, telemetry, and operational excellence practices.
• Knowledge building and operating cloud-native distributed systems in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Strong aptitude for learning new technologies.
• Creative and analytical approach to problem solving.

Qualifications

• Python
• Kubernetes
• Containers
• CI/CD
• RESTful APIs
• Microservices
• Cloud-native distributed systems
• Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Automated testing
• Performance optimization
• Security best practices
• Observability, monitoring, telemetry
• Ability to incorporate AI-native engineering practices.

Familiarity with C/C++, React, TypeScript, or C# is desirable.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 2+ years related experience.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science with 0+ years related experience.
• Equivalent experience is required.

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.