Senior Release Quality Engineer
NetApp
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.
Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins.
Job Summary
We are seeking a skilled Product Release Quality Lead to ensure high‑quality, reliable software releases in a fast-paced and complex engineering environment. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and release readiness, requiring strong analytical ability to transform diverse technical inputs into clear, actionable insights.
You will partner closely with release engineering, development, test teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate risk, refine test strategies, and drive end-to-end release readiness. This is a hands-on, high‑visibility position with significant influence and opportunities to grow as a trusted leader in release quality.
Job Requirements
Product Release Readiness
- Partner with Release Engineering to review release content, defects, risks, and overall readiness.
- Contribute to patch release and late‑stage change decisions, balancing quality and delivery.
- Serve as an advisor on release health and customer impact.
Test Strategy & Execution
- Collaborate with test/quality teams to optimize CI, CIT, and regression strategies.
- Recommend test payloads based on release scenarios.
- Support global test teams during major or high‑impact releases.
Test Planning & Quality Insights
- Create and maintain test plans and master test plans.
- Use test management tools (e.g., qTest) for tracking, coverage analysis, and reporting.
- Interpret test logs and synthesize risks, outcomes, and release impact.
- Support quality readouts using RCA data and customer feedback.
Communication & Collaboration
- Provide clear summaries of issues, risks, and decisions to technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Leverage AI tools for defect analysis and documentation review.
- Build strong relationships with engineering teams and manage multiple priorities.
Build & Release Ecosystem
- Develop strong understanding of build creation, purpose, and usage.
- Act as a knowledgeable point of contact for build/release issues.
AI‑Enabled Automation & Tooling
- Explore AI-driven automation to streamline quality and release workflows.
- Integrate automation and orchestration tools to reduce manual effort.
- Partner with tooling teams to stay aligned with evolving capabilities.
- Demonstrate curiosity toward improving signal quality and release insights through AI.
Education
- Typically requires a minimum of 8-12 years of related experience.Mgr & Exec - Typically requires a minimum of 6 years of related experience.
- Experience in Software Testing, Quality Engineering, Release Engineering, or related technical domains.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
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.
Why You'll Thrive at NetApp
At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: 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.
Our culture
We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.
If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.
Submitting an application
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