Senior Backend Engineer (Golang and Kubernetes)

Job Summary

From the newest ideas in cluster computing to the latest web framework, NetApp software products embrace innovation to deliver compelling solutions to our business. NetApp is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our NetApp Console software and application development team. NetApp Console is our unified console and API namespace that offers a seamless experience across all our storage and data solutions. It is a unified control plane that provides global visibility and operational simplicity of storage and data services across on-premises and cloud environments. This is a great opportunity to work on a high-powered team delivering an industry changing product within an extremely high growth sector of the tech industry.
Job Summary:
As a Senior Member of Technical Staff, you will be a hands-on technical leader responsible for architecting, designing, developing and delivering highly scalable, resilient, distributed services for NetApp Console. As part of the Research and Development function, you will drive enhancements to existing products as well as new product development across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments, spanning all the major hyperscalers and emerging neocloud providers. This position requires a technically deep individual who is creative, team-oriented and driven to deliver results, and who can mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams

Job Requirements

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, highly available distributed systems and microservices.
• Build cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Develop and troubleshoot production-grade applications using Kubernetes, Docker, and Linux.
• ]Work with VMware vSphere or equivalent virtualization platforms.
• Lead technical design discussions, code reviews, and key architecture decisions.]
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with Product, QA, and SRE teams
• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, system design, and cloud-native architecture.
• Strong programming experience in Go, Java/Scala, or Node.js/TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Linux.
• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Experience with VMware vSphere or similar virtualization platforms.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, scalability, high availability, and performance.
• Storage technologies such as ONTAP, file/block/object storage, or Trident.
• Terraform, Ansible, Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka/NATS, PostgreSQL/MongoDB.
• Exposure to GPU/AI cloud infrastructure.

Education

• A minimum of 8+ years of software engineering experience is required. 8 to 12 years of experience is preferred.
• A Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology, or a Master Degree, or a PhD or equivalent experience is required.
• Demonstrated track record of leading the design and delivery of multiple complex, large-scale technical projects end to end.
• Strong understanding of computer architecture, distributed systems, data structures, algorithms and software engineering best practices.